Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
by
Sonic Youth
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compilation
First released:
1994

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Catalog number:
DGCD-24809
Release dates:
  • 1995 in United States

Genres

Alternative Rock, Art Rock, Experimental,
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4 stars For the novice
If you want to get into some Sonic Youth but are afraid to test their albums ( and I can fully empathize having being one of them myself ) this compilation will serve as a godsend to you. However I must warn you that you might feel a little tricked ( not in a bad way though ) with this compilation for on the most part this album is really mellow only with the later tracks piling on the noisier tracks but it does serve as a useful starter for anybody interested as it whets the appetite for more S…
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3 stars Greatest Hits Album of Sorts?
I give it a five for the music, but a 2 for the concept. This is a great release for those people who are not going to take the effort to purchase all of the releases that these songs come from (although I think that you get a better experience from their music when it has not been removed from its context as a whole...i.e. the album it was released on). If you like this I suggest buying Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr. Idols + (if you can find it) their self titled e.p. If you like those, try Sonic De…
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Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. Sonic Youth [except 4]

  2. design

  1. performer

    1. Lydia Lunch [vocals (11)]

  2. writer

    1. Madonna [4]
    2. Sonic Youth [except 4]

Other versions Edit

18 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1994 in United States
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Trivia Edit

  • tracks 1,2,3 from Daydream Nation
  • tracks 4,5 from Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album
  • tracks 6,7 from Sister
  • tracks 8,9,10 from Evol
  • tracks 11,12,13 from Bad Moon Rising
  • tracks 14,15,16 from Confusion is sex/Kill yr idols
  • track 17 from Sonic Youth
  • Original '94 version was briefly available thru Sonic Death (though I can't find any record of it in the 7 issues), and was also released in France as a giveaway with issue 54 of Les Inrockuptibles, March '94. APPARENTLY the version that came w/ Les Inrocktuptibles was a fourth 18-track variation, same as "Promo 2" with "Doctor's Orders" at the end.
  • The differences in track lists are small: the promo contains the edits of "Teenage Riot" and "Candle", the later version features the full-length LP versions. "Kissability" is dropped for the commercial version. Whitey track "MacBeth" is replaced with "G-Force" for the latter version. "Flower" and "Brother James" are added to the second version. And of course, the commercial release doesn't feature the T-Vox "Doctor's Orders".
  • The final version features 3 songs from Daydream Nation, 2 from The Whitey Album, 2 from Sister, 2 from EVOL, 3 from Bad Moon Rising (technically, 1 from Bad Moon Rising and 2 from the Flower/Halloween 12"), 2 from Confusion, 1 from Kill Yr Idols, and 1 from Sonic Youth.
  • The 1995 version coincided with the release of the "Screaming Fields of Sonic Love" video, which featured all of Sonic Youth's pre-DGC music videos and some additional live performances.
  • Though featuring one track from the "Sonic Youth" album, which even has a catalog # listed in the liners, the DGC reissue of the self-titled release never happened.

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