The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities

by Sonic Youth

The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 12 December 2006
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:44
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Siket, Butch Vig

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Deliberately focusing on the band's extensive Geffen Records era, this collection eschews traditional, melodic B-sides in favor of lengthy, sprawling instrumental improvisations and avant-garde noise experiments. The sprawling, 25-minute track 'The Diamond Sea' serves as the centerpiece of the compilation, showcasing their mastery of sustained, hypnotic dissonance. The release highlights the uncompromisingly experimental undercurrent of their major-label tenure.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, noisy, avant-garde, atmospheric, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Fire Engine Dream (10:22)
  2. Fauxhemians (4:03)
  3. Razor Blade (1:06)
  4. Blink (5:27)
  5. Campfire (2:18)
  6. Loop Cat (5:39)
  7. Kim's Chords (6:01)
  8. Beautiful Plateau (3:08)
  9. Three-Part Sectional Love Seat (8:15)
  10. Queen Anne Chair (4:36)
  11. The Diamond Sea (25:49)

Credits

  • Jim O'Rourke - performer
  • Kim Gordon - performer
  • Lee Ranaldo - performer
  • Steve Shelley - performer
  • Thurston Moore - performer

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