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Rather Ripped

by Sonic Youth

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of 455,637

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2000's

of 265,899

160
2006

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19

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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

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Stylus Magazine

For a lot of people, Sonic YouthareNew York City in the same way that, once upon a scene, The Velvet UndergroundwereNew York City. And like the VU, the Youth are consummate, inveterate bullshitters. Around their circles, it's the law of the land, ...more

Entertainment Weekly

From Kurt Cobain to Steve Albini, Sonic Youth have played with loads of way-hip musicians. But one they've missed is Roger McGuinn, ex-leader of folk-rock progenitors the Byrds. They really ought to, especially since the now-middle-aged ...more

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Rather Ripped is unmistakably a Sonic Youth album, right down to the snatches of amp-on-fire distortion, the tuneless speak-singing of Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, and an emphasis on guitar texture that includes amplifying each strummed string. But the ...more

StylusMagazine

Its the sound of growing old gracefully. ...more

Slant Magazine

Rather Ripped, the gagillionth studio album from veteran noise-rockers Sonic Youth, continues with the mellow, poppy vibes the band started emphasizing on 2002'sMurray Street. There's hardly a hint of the eardrum shattering noise of their '80s ...more

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PrefixMag

To call the album the band's most accessible to date is no slur. There's nothing wrong with accessible indie rock when it's this pristine and polished. ...more

The Guardian

Rather Ripped may not have the cultural impact of 1989's Daydream Nation, but it contains some of the best music of their career. ...more

The New York Times

It is a fully legitimate, clear and strong rock 'n' roll record in the band's own style. And it may really be the best one. ...more

PrefixMag

There's an "A" word that's a much worse slur than "asshole" in some outr� rock circles: accessibility. In this camp, esoteric equals awesome. IfRadioheadwere to suddenly lose the blip-and-glitch thing and make another album of polished guitar pop/rock on ...more

The Phoenix

[Sonic Youth's] most openly “mature” disc, possibly their best since ’95’s Washing Machine, maybe even the almighty Daydream Nation. ...more

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