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Daydream Nation

by Sonic Youth

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All Time

of 455,319

17
1990's

of 166,478

2
1993

of 10,462

1
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,112
    
    4
  - Alternative Styles
    
    of 8,671
    
    1
  - American Alternative
    
    of 3,627
    
    1
  - Indie & Lo-Fi
    
    of 13,593
    
    1
  - Rock
    
    of 7,788
    
    1
  - Indie Rock
    
    of 12,317
    
    1
  - Experimental Rock
    
    of 3,229
    
    1
  - Noise
    
    of 1,048
    
    1
- Miscellaneous
  - Miscellaneous
    
    of 67,794
    
    12
  - Experimental Music
    
    of 4,200
    
    1
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,724
    
    17
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    13
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,646
    
    13

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.7889 Daydream Nation is ranked overall as 3.7889 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 4.0000 Daydream Nation has an avg. critic score of 4.0000 out of 4 stars

Daydream Nation Rank 4 Reviews

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Rolling Stone

Even at their most chaotic and atonal, the downtown-New York guitar spoilers Sonic Youth are never about the destruction of rock but about its deconstruction - the breakdown of tiresome punk-metal guitar formality into a primal skronk soup from which ...more

The Daily Vault Album Reviews

No matter how many times I listen toDaydream Nation, one image still burns in my head:that damn candle on the album cover. Listen after listen, it feels like I'm not listening to the album in the right environment. I feel like I need two large ...more

All Music Guide

By refining the song-oriented breakthroughs ofSisterand developing their fascination with noise and alternate tunings, Sonic Youth created a masterpiece of post-punk art rock with the double-albumDaydream Nation. Though the self-conscious sprawl of ...more

Guardian

When the US rock underground began poking its head above the surface in 1988 with the release of Daydream Nation, a process was set in train that would lead to Nirvana becoming the biggest rock band in the world. Sonic Youth had been putting ...more

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