NYC Ghosts & Flowers [Explicit Lyrics]

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It's either a blessing or a shame that the risks Sonic Youth take don't really matter any more. No longer the groundbreakers, or the train spotters they've played in the past, they are now a band like any other. They play for the sheer joy of sound, the kinetics of experience. There's no other reason left to do it--which must be incredibly liberating, and more than a little sad. NYC Ghosts & Flowers is marked by the same yearning calm that defined its predecessor, A Thousand Leaves. The hooks are conspicuous in their absence, as if to say the battle may be over, and we're better off having lost. The notable exception to this brilliant game of implication is "Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?)," an obvious indictment of the decade-defining "alt-rock" phenomenon SY partially inspired. It's only fitting that this track sounds lost amid an album far too wrapped in its own interior explorations to bother stating the obvious. Sure, you could say that NYC Ghosts & Flowers is the group's best record since Daydream Nation--what's a new Sonic Youth album without such an assessment?--but to do so would deprive them of their greatest achievement. No longer fashionable or influential, Sonic Youth persist in the strength of their own passions. They matter to themselves. To hell with everyone else. --Matt Hanks --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Ah, yes...
  • The sound of boredom...
  • I wish i could be nicer..
  • Better then Some Worse then others
  • more avant garde!
 NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Sonic Youth
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004T3XL
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Free City Rhymes
  2. Renegade Princess
  3. Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?)
  4. Small Flowers Crack Concrete
  5. Side2side
  6. StreamXsonik Subway
  7. NYC Ghosts & Flowers
  8. Lightnin'

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It's either a blessing or a shame that the risks Sonic Youth take don't really matter any more. No longer the groundbreakers, or the train spotters they've played in the past, they are now a band like any other. They play for the sheer joy of sound, the kinetics of experience. There's no other reason left to do it--which must be incredibly liberating, and more than a little sad. NYC Ghosts & Flowers is marked by the same yearning calm that defined its predecessor, A Thousand Leaves. The hooks are conspicuous in their absence, as if to say the battle may be over, and we're better off having lost. The notable exception to this brilliant game of implication is "Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?)," an obvious indictment of the decade-defining "alt-rock" phenomenon SY partially inspired. It's only fitting that this track sounds lost amid an album far too wrapped in its own interior explorations to bother stating the obvious. Sure, you could say that NYC Ghosts & Flowers is the group's best record since Daydream Nation--what's a new Sonic Youth album without such an assessment?--but to do so would deprive them of their greatest achievement. No longer fashionable or influential, Sonic Youth persist in the strength of their own passions. They matter to themselves. To hell with everyone else. --Matt Hanks

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Ah, yes..........2006-07-11

Whatever the other reviewers said, especially those paid for thier opinions, I LIKE this album. I really LIKE this sound. I think the world needs more beat poetry, and that there are too many faux-beat poets publishing books and not enough faux-beat poets doing it like this. This is fun. Serious authors on NPR waste Fedral funding that's already in danger. We should have more songs with overlapping vocals, repetetive sounds and intimations of death. Jim O'Rourke should produce more bands. And to all you who said this album was painful or bad, I've taken off a star for you.

Now, is it a good album? Yes, certainly. However, bear in mind it is just that. It is a good album, not great, not the best, but one of my favorites.

1 out of 5 stars The sound of boredom..........2006-04-22

I found this at a thrift store. Figured "hey, a cheap Sonic Youth CD, I haven't heard them for awhile." Should have left it in the store. Uninspired minimalism, and sounds as if they are totally bored with the experience or are all suffering from Alzheimer's-- with the exception of "streamXsonic subway" which isn't bad, but not worth the price of the CD (even at the thrift store).

They've seen far better days, this is downright pathetic...

2 out of 5 stars I wish i could be nicer.........2006-01-27

This album does have one REALLY good song, which is the opening track, "FREE CITY RHYMES".. it's really excellent. and this album does have good lyrics. the song "Side2Side" is kind of interesting, and the title track is okay to listen to once. But mostly it's just a disc full of half-spoken poetry over uninspired music, which is disappointing. Like everyone said, thankfully MURRAY STREET and NURSE were a LOT better. but definitely check out FREE CITY RHYMES, it's actually good, i promise.

5 out of 5 stars Better then Some Worse then others.......2006-01-09

Sonic Youth has matured considerably since Washing Macine in 1995. A Thousand Leaves started where it had left of. But NYC Ghosts and Flowers is a sharp left turn from the previous two albums. I would describe it as thier Kid A or Velvet Underground record (3rd LP). Its not a masterpiece but a damn good album.
This album was doomed from the beginning due to the theft of thier gear in the Summer of '99. If they had not been stolen it would sound quite similar to EVOL in my opinion. Gems such as Free City Rhymes and Nevermind are some of the best in Sonic history. The climax with the self titled track builds and builds untill it collapses on its self into Lightning. Its simply beautiful.
Not a good introduction for that go with Goo or Daydream Nation but is good for hardened fans (this was the last sonic youth album i purchased.) Its also a good for fans of the Beats and Beat culture

5 out of 5 stars more avant garde!.......2005-07-18

sonic youth are by no means strangers to experimentation, & this is yet another one of their masterpieces. in fact, this is probably the most experimental thing they've done to date. but there are so many beautiful moments within these mere 8 songs. i definatly recommend this, but be sure to listen with an open mind.

& also, this was released in 2000, & became almost prophetic after the attacks on new york in 2001.
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    Sonic Youth
    Manufacturer: Geffen
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000LYC2EC

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