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Rather Ripped

by Sonic Youth

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  • All Time
    of 455,353
    1,603
  • 2000's
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    159
  • 2006
    of 33,755
    19
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.2399 Rather Ripped is ranked overall as 3.2399 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 Album Reviews

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Excellent
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(10)
Very Good
3
 
(30)
Good
2
 
(6)
Fair
1
 
(0)
Poor
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(0)

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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. ...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. ...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. ...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
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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...read the complete review at The Onion (A.V. Club)
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cokemachineglow
A quietly brilliant album....read the complete review at cokemachineglow
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Tiny Mix Tapes.com
Being born a bit too late and without the proper context, I really can’t say that Daydream Nation is my favorite SY album. Sure, I’ll acknowledge that it is likely the most significant, and also that it is truly great, but my favorite?...read the complete review at Tiny Mix Tapes.com
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