Washing Machine
A long, adventurous record made partly in Memphis, ending with The Diamond Sea.
Sonic Youth, 1995
- Released
- 26 September 1995
- Recorded
- January to May 1995
- Studio
- Easley Studios, Memphis; Mott and Greene Street Studios, New York City
- Label
- DGC
- Producer
- Sonic Youth and John Siket
- Length
- 68:17
Recorded between January and May 1995, with sessions split between Mott and Greene Studios in New York and Easley Studios in Memphis, then mixed at Greene Street in June. Moore said the band played the new songs live before recording so that they could mutate into something more excited. Kim Deal sang on Little Trouble Girl.
It reached number 58 in the US and 39 in the UK, and sold about 159,000 copies in the US by 2005. AllMusic's Erlewine called it easily the band's most adventurous and challenging record, and its best, since Daydream Nation.
Track listing
- Becuz4:42
- Junkie's Promise4:02
- Saucer-Like4:25
- Washing Machine9:33
- Unwind6:03
- Little Trouble Girl4:28
- No Queen Blues4:33
- Panty Lies4:15
- Becuz Coda2:49
- Skip Tracer3:48
- The Diamond Sea
Personnel
- Kim Deal additional vocals on Little Trouble Girl
- Lorette Velvette additional vocals on Little Trouble Girl
- Melissa Dunn additional vocals on Little Trouble Girl
- Leah Singer additional lyrics on Skip Tracer
- John Siket producer, engineer
More from Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth (1982), Confusion Is Sex (1983), Bad Moon Rising (1985), EVOL (1986), Sister (1987), Daydream Nation (1988), The Whitey Album (as Ciccone Youth) (1988), Goo (1990), Dirty (1992), Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994), A Thousand Leaves (1998), NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000), Murray Street (2002), Sonic Nurse (2004), Rather Ripped (2006), The Eternal (2009)