The Whitey Album

by Sonic Youth

The Whitey Album cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 January 1989
  • Label: Enigma
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:56
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Robert Palmer, J Mascis, Stephen Bray, Madonna

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as a Sonic Youth side-project alongside Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, 'The Whitey Album' is a highly satirical, lo-fi deconstruction of 80s pop culture. The group utilizes primitive drum machines, repetitive sampling, and abrasive noise rock to deliver deeply ironic, apathetic covers of Madonna and Robert Palmer.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, repetitive, satirical, noisy, lo-fi, parody, covers, novelty, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Needle-Gun (2:27)
  2. (Silence) (1:02)
  3. G-Force (3:39)
  4. Platoon II (4:19)
  5. Macbeth (5:28)
  6. Me & Jill / Hendrix Cosby (5:30)
  7. Burnin' Up (Mike Watt Orig. Demo) (3:49)
  8. Hi! Everybody (0:57)
  9. Children Of Satan/Third Fig (3:06)
  10. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu (2:27)
  11. Addicted To Love (3:45)
  12. Moby-Dik (1:01)
  13. March Of The Ciccone Robots (1:57)
  14. Making The Nature Scene (3:15)
  15. Tuff Titty Rap (0:39)
  16. Into The Groovey (4:35)

Credits

  • Ciccone Youth - primary artist, written-by
  • Howie Weinberg - mastered by [dmm mastering]
  • Wharton Tiers - recorded by, mixed by
  • Madonna - written-by
  • Suzanne Sasic - featuring [red head]
  • J Mascis - guitar
  • Robert Palmer - written-by
  • Sonic Youth - written-by
  • Martin Bisi - engineer
  • Stephen Bray - written-by

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