The Sonic-Youth* – Sister
Genre: | Rock |
|---|---|
Style: | Art Rock, Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Avantgarde |
Year: |
Tracklist
| Schizophrenia | 4:37 | ||
| (I Got A) Catholic Block | 3:28 | ||
| Beauty Lies In The Eye | 2:12 | ||
| Stereo Sanctity | 3:46 | ||
| Pipeline / Kill Time | 4:31 | ||
| Tuff Gnarl | 3:12 | ||
| Pacific Coast Highway | 4:25 | ||
| Hot Wire My Heart | 3:20 | ||
| Kotton Krown | 5:04 | ||
| White Kross | 2:39 |
Credits (13)
- Bill TitusEngineer
- Lucius ShepardIllustration [Inner Illos]
Howie WeinbergMastered By [DMM Mastering]- HW*Mastered By [DMM]
- Byron ColeyOther [Crime Decipher]
Kimdashgordon*Performer [Sonic Youth]
Notes
Sonic Youth's fifth album, loosely inspired by the writings of Philip K. Dick. Recorded in a studio that used all tubes, the band was very happy with its sound.
The cover art on early pressings featured a Richard Avedon photograph ("Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980"), but this was removed following a threat of legal action from Avedon in early 1988. The offending image was initially stickered, and subsequently printed over with black ink (but still visible). On later copies it was replaced entirely by a black rectangle and/or obscured by a printed barcode.
The cover also features a photograph of Disney's Magic Kingdom, which was also obscured on some later versions. This image is commonly misunderstood to have been the cause of the potential lawsuit.
"Sister" is sometimes referred to as the band's fourth album, but the band itself considers the eponymous release to have been an album, making "Sister" number five.
'Hot Wire My Heart' originally performed by Crime (2) in 1976.
The cover art on early pressings featured a Richard Avedon photograph ("Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980"), but this was removed following a threat of legal action from Avedon in early 1988. The offending image was initially stickered, and subsequently printed over with black ink (but still visible). On later copies it was replaced entirely by a black rectangle and/or obscured by a printed barcode.
The cover also features a photograph of Disney's Magic Kingdom, which was also obscured on some later versions. This image is commonly misunderstood to have been the cause of the potential lawsuit.
"Sister" is sometimes referred to as the band's fourth album, but the band itself considers the eponymous release to have been an album, making "Sister" number five.
'Hot Wire My Heart' originally performed by Crime (2) in 1976.
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sister LP, Album | Blast First – BFFP 20 | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Flying Nun Records – NUN 001 | New Zealand | 1987 | New Zealand — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Torso – TORSO 33040, Blast First – TORSO 33040 | Netherlands | 1987 | Netherlands — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | SST Records – SST 134 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | ||||
 | Sister Cassette, Album | SST Records – SSTC 134 | USA & Canada | 1987 | USA & Canada — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister Cassette, Album, Black shell, uncensored inlay | Blast First – BFFP 20C | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Recordvox – 2387-08, Blast First – BFFP 20 | Germany | 1987 | Germany — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Gatefold | Au Go Go – ANDA 60 | Australia | 1987 | Australia — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Di Di Music – Di.-Di. Records 111, Di Di Music – DD 111, Di Di Music – Δ.Δ. 111, Blast First – none | Greece | 1987 | Greece — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister CD, Album | SST Records – SST CD 134 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Grabaciones Accidentales – GA-165 | Spain | 1987 | Spain — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Virgin – 70533, Mute – 70533 | France | 1987 | France — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album | Blast First – BFFP 20 CD | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Blast First – BFFP 20, Mute – BFFP 20 | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | ||||
 | Sister Cassette, Album | SST Records – SSTC 134 | USA & Canada | 1987 | USA & Canada — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Test Pressing | SST Records – SST 134 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister Cassette, Album | SST Records – SSTC 134 | USA & Canada | 1987 | USA & Canada — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Test Pressing | Blast First – Bffp20 | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Misprint | Blast First – BFFP 20 CD | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister Cassette, Album | SST Records – SSTC 134 | USA & Canada | 1987 | USA & Canada — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Longbox | SST Records – SST CD 134 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Promo, Test Pressing | Virgin – 70533 | France | 1987 | France — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album | Blast First – BFFP 20 CD | UK | 1987 | UK — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Reissue, Censored | SST Records – SST 134 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister / Meet The Residents LP, Album, Mispress, Repress | Torso – TORSO 33040, Blast First – TORSO 33040 | Netherlands | 1988 | Netherlands — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister LP, Album | Stiletto – 230.4011 | Brazil | 1989 | Brazil — 1989 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – GED 24514 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 | ||||
 | Sister Cassette, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – DGCC-24514 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | DGC – DGCMD 24514 | Canada | 1994 | Canada — 1994 | ||||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue, Club Edition | DGC – DGCD-24514 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister Cassette, Album, Reissue, Dolby | Geffen Records – DGCC-24514 | Canada | 1994 | Canada — 1994 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue, DADC | DGC – DGCD-24514 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Sister Cassette, Album, Reissue | DGC – DGCC-24514 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – GED 24514 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – MVCG-21016, Geffen Records – GEFD-24514 | Japan | 1995 | Japan — 1995 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | Blast First – BFFP 20 CD | UK | 1996 | UK — 1996 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – 493 667-1 | Europe | 1997 | Europe — 1997 | ||||
 | Sister CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release | ArsNova – AN-2245 | Russia | 1999 | Russia — 1999 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister CD, Album, Reissue | Geffen Records – UICY-2114 | Japan | 2002 | Japan — 2002 | New Submission | |||
 | Sister LP, Remastered, Reissue, Limited Edition, Album, Purple Marbled | ORG Music – ORGM-1006, Universal Music Special Markets – B0013422-01 | US | 2010 | US — 2010 | Recently Edited |
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Reviews
It's like Bob Ross was responsible for this: "We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents." :D
Anyone have a copy of this MISPRESS for sale? My Torso copy of Meet the Residents has a deep gash on Seasoned Greetings so this would be perfectreferencing Sister (LP, Album) BFFP 20
Does anyone know if this pressing is particularly good sounding? Or of another that is?referencing Sister (LP, Album, Repress) BFFP 20
My copy has just a plain white paper inner sleeve although its possible it had the printed ones and they were lost over the years before I got it.
The centre labels though are that yelow brown colour like on the inner sleevereferencing Sister (LP, Album, Reissue) Goo 020
My copy don’t contain the lyrics sheet. I don’t know whyreferencing Sister (LP, Album, Reissue) Goo 020
Didn’t LOVE it on first listen but it’s depth grows on youreferencing Sister (CD, Album, Reissue) Goo 020
Has anyone compared peak values to see if this was remastered or just duplicates DGC version?
referencing Sister (LP, Album, Repress) BFFP 20
My copy has a price sticker from the year 1988. Could that also be the year of release for this pressing?referencing Sister (LP, Album, Reissue) Goo 020
Sounds great but no lyric sheet in mine. This combined with the fact that the cover doesn’t even have the song titles on means the only place the song titles are is on the label - disappointing
referencing Sister (LP, Album, Reissue) Goo 020
This is an example of how a reissue should be made, Sound is Perfect.
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