The discography of American

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Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the b ...

comprises 15 studio albums, seven extended plays, three

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s, seven video releases, 21

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, 46 music videos, ten releases in the

Sonic Youth Recordings Sonic Youth Recordings (sometimes referred to as SYR) is a record label established by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth in 1996. SYR was set up to allow the band to release records by themselves and their friends without the commercial p ...

series, eight official

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s, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations. In 1981, Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records, and released its eponymous debut EP ''

'' the next year. The band's first full-length album was '' Confusion is Sex'', released in 1983. ''

Kill Yr Idols ''Kill Yr Idols'' is an EP by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in October 1983, originally only in Germany, by record label Zensor. Release ''Kill Yr Idols'' was released in October 1983, originally only in Germany. ...

'' was released the same year under the German label Zensor Records. '' Bad Moon Rising'' was released two years later on Blast First, a label created specifically for Sonic Youth releases. In 1986, Sonic Youth signed to SST Records and released ''

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'' later the same year. The album gained the band increasing critical acclaim and exposure, and the group released '' Sister'' and the double LP ''

Daydream Nation ''Daydream Nation'' is the fifth full-length studio album and first double album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on October 18, 1988. The band recorded the album between July and August 1988 at Greene St. Recording in Ne ...

'' in 1987 and 1988, respectively, the latter on

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. In 1990, the band signed to major label DGC Records, and released ''

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'' the same year. The band's 1991 tour with the then little-known band Nirvana was documented in the film '' 1991: The Year Punk Broke''. In 1992, Sonic Youth released '' Dirty''. Two years later, the group released '' Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star'', and '' Washing Machine'' the following year. Forced to start from scratch after its instruments and equipment were stolen, the band released '' NYC Ghosts & Flowers'' in 2000. Sonic Youth released '' Murray Street'' in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by '' Sonic Nurse''. ''

Rather Ripped ''Rather Ripped'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 13, 2006, by Geffen Records. It was the band's first album following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Jim O'Rourke, who had joined as a fi ...

'' and '' The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities'' were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides to international singles, and other previously unreleased material. '' The Eternal'' was released three years later in 2009.

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Compilations

Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR) series

Sonic Youth have released a number of mostly experimental and instrumental releases under their own label

. The SYR series has established a tradition where each album is released in a different language. ''SYR1'' has song titles and album sleeve artwork all in French, ''SYR2'' is in Dutch, ''SYR3'' is in

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, ''SYR4'' is in English, ''SYR5'' is in Japanese, ''SYR6'' is in

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, ''SYR7'' is in Arpitan, ''SYR8'' is in

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, ''SYR9'' is in French, and ''AUG5'' is in English.

Official bootlegs

Singles

:Note: Sonic Youth have never charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Music videos

Soundtracks, tributes and other compilation appearances

Video releases

References

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