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Rather Ripped
by Sonic Youth
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Overall Rating:
3.2400
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0902
Rather Ripped Rank 3 Reviews
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cokemachineglowA quietly brilliant album. ...more
Entertainment WeeklyIt's the arresting delicacy of the quieter, dreamier tunes that'll really rip up your emotions. ...more
Rolling StoneSonic 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.comFor 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 MagazineWith 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.netRather 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 MusicAll 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 SoundRather 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
Playloudersample: 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.netSonic 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
GuardianRather 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 OnlineRather Ripped may well be the most straightforward yet, with 12 driving and melodic New York rock songs that sometimes recall Television. ...more
musicOMH.comIts the best thing theyve done in some time. ...more
All Music GuideIt'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
PitchforkDoused with sleek and slippery riffs, the album's early succession of propulsive, three-minute art-pop songs is especially strong. ...more
Dusted MagazineIt’s a fitting overview of everything that’s always worked for Sonic Youth in the past. ...more
PopMattersIt seems to complete a circle, to contain something of everything the band has attempted over the years. ...more
PopMattersSonic 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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