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Rather Ripped

by Sonic Youth

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Overall Rating: 3.2400 Rather Ripped is ranked overall as 3.2400 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.0902 Rather Ripped has an avg. critic score of 3.0902 out of 4 stars

Rather Ripped Rank 3 Reviews

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cokemachineglow
A quietly brilliant album. ...more
Entertainment Weekly
It's the arresting delicacy of the quieter, dreamier tunes that'll really rip up your emotions. ...more
Rolling Stone
Sonic Youth have always had an eccentric taste for melody, but they've rarely indulged it as blatantly as they do onRather Ripped. Damn if these grizzled art-punk elders aren't trying to make a pop album a good fifteen years after that would have ...more
musicOMH.com
For 25 years Sonic Youth have been ably treading the line between pop and experimentalism and just occasionally they manage to achieve something that changes the face of music as we know it.1988 saw the release of their landmark album Daydream ...more
NOW Magazine
With Rather Ripped they continue their slow but remarkable progression that currently finds them, for the most part, dropping old SY standbys such as long experimental noise passages in exchange for a significantly more sedated route. ...more

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ShakingThrough.net
Rather Ripped is a solid collection of songs smartly executed by a band secure in its legacy and refusing to go gently into that good rock night. ...more
Dot Music
All in, this is a terrific, life-affirming and, at times, deeply romantic album - one that proves the potentials in both rock'n'roll and the electric guitar. ...more
Playlouder
'Rather Ripped' is the most accomplished and mature album Sonic Youth have done in years. ...more
Billboard
"Rather Ripped" is a concise serving of what the band does best. ...more
Drowned In Sound
Rather Ripped is what you'd expect from a Sonic Youth that's getting back to the cool rock 'n' roll sound they trademarked years ago, completed by a tagline of frenzied feedback and chiming guitars. ...more
Playlouder
sample: Rats A quarter of a century on from their inception in a furious blizzard of New York art noise Sonic Youth still live up to the noun in their name. Live, Thurston Moore brims with youthful enthusiasm, flopping his blonde locks ...more
Virgin.net
Sonic Youth are a bit like World Cup football, in that sometimes it seems as if every single human being on the Earth would like to have an opinion on them, even if they don't know who they are or can't name a single of their songs. In terms ...more
Guardian
Rather Ripped may not have the cultural impact of 1989s Daydream Nation, but it contains some of the best music of their career. An extraordinary state of affairs in Sonic Youths 25th year. ...more
Times Online
Rather Ripped may well be the most straightforward yet, with 12 driving and melodic New York rock songs that sometimes recall Television. ...more
musicOMH.com
Its the best thing theyve done in some time. ...more
All Music Guide
It's a solidly good album, and if taken as part of a trio of albums with Sonic Nurse and Murray Street, it shows that Sonic Youth is still in a comfortable yet creative groove, not a rut. ...more
Pitchfork
Doused with sleek and slippery riffs, the album's early succession of propulsive, three-minute art-pop songs is especially strong. ...more
Dusted Magazine
It’s a fitting overview of everything that’s always worked for Sonic Youth in the past. ...more
PopMatters
It seems to complete a circle, to contain something of everything the band has attempted over the years. ...more
PopMatters
Sonic Youth’s tenure on Geffen Records has been a high-profile case of the intersection between art and commerce… or, perhaps more interesting, the intersection between the avant garde and rock. With Rather Ripped , the Geffen era seems ...more
E! Online
[It] feels more overly familiar and Velvet Underground-y than usual, which isn't a good thing for a band with such forward-thinking ideals. ...more

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