Sonic Youth – Goodbye 20th Century - 2XLP

The fourth release on the SYR label was not designated to new material or studio improvisations, but instead a double-disc set of Sonic Youth's interpretations of various works by other composers. A truly ambitious project, it's one of their most diverse releases yet, featuring a selection of guest performers and some extremely interesting recordings -- from the seemingly random yet very calculated half-hour Cage piece "Four6" to Coco's shrill delivery of Yoko Ono's "Voice Piece For Soprano", from the torturous yet compelling "Pendulum Music" to the perplexing yet amusing 88-key destruction of "Piano Piece #13", the album offers a vast sample of Sonic Youth chasing us down musical paths we might not otherwise have ever visited. 

1.    Edges    16:03
2.    Six For New Time    8:06
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3.    Having Never Written A Note For Percussion    9:09
4.    Six (3rd take)    3:03
5.    +-    7:01
6.    Voice Piece For Soprano    0:17
7.    Piece Enfantine    1:28
8.    Treatise (page 183)    3:25
 
9.    Four6    30:01
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10.    Six (4th take)    3:02
11.    Burdocks    13:12
12.    Piano Piece #13    1:28
13.    Pendulum Music    3:58