Bad Moon Rising (album)
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| Studio album by Sonic Youth | ||||
| Released | March 1985 | |||
| Recorded | September–December 1984 | |||
| Studio | Before Christ Studios, Brooklyn, United States | |||
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| Length | 37:33 | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Blender | |
| Chicago Tribune |  |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10 |
| The Village Voice | B |
Bad Moon Rising is the second studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in March 1985 on record labels Blast First and Homestead. The album is loosely themed around the dark side of America, and included references to obsession and insanity, Charles Manson, heavy metal, Satanism, and early European settlers' encounters with Native Americans.
Released to strong reviews from the underground music press, Bad Moon Rising was the first Sonic Youth album to combine the band's experimental material with transitional pieces and segues. The album was preceded by the single "Death Valley '69", which did not chart in either the US or UK (the track was re-recorded for the album and released again as a single in June 1985).
Sonic Youth was formed in New York City in 1981 by guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo and bass guitarist Kim Gordon. The band signed to Glenn Branca's Neutral Records, releasing the Sonic Youth EP in March 1982. As Sonic Youth released a number of albums and EPs to increasing critical acclaim, including Confusion Is Sex and Kill Yr. Idols in 1983, several drummers joined and left the band. Bob Bert rejoined Sonic Youth after the Confusion Is Sex tour in mid-1983. The New York press largely ignored Sonic Youth (as well as the noise rock scene in the city), until after a disastrous London debut in October 1983 that actually received rave reviews in British papers Sounds and NME. When they returned to New York, the queue at CBGB for the band's concerts went around the block.
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