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1995 compilation album by Sonic Youth
Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
Released April 25, 1995 Recorded 1982–1988
Genre Length 76 :19
Label
DGC
Producer Sonic Youth
Screaming Fields of Sonic Love is a
compilation album of songs culled from
Sonic Youth 's various releases from the 1980s. It was released in 1995 on
DGC .
Background
The tracks feature samples from each of the group's major '80s albums. However, they run in reverse chronological order, starting with songs from the band's 1988 masterwork
Daydream Nation , and ending with a track from their eponymous
first album from 1982. The release of this compilation coincided with the release of a
music video collection of the same name, featuring all of Sonic Youth's music videos from the 1980s.
Track listing
"
Teen Age Riot " – 6:58
"Eric's Trip" – 3:49
"Candle" – 4:59
"Into the Groove(y)" – 4:35
"G-Force" – 3:40
"Beauty Lies in the Eye" – 2:17
"Kotton Krown" – 5:08
"Shadow of a Doubt" – 3:34
"Expressway to Yr. Skull" – 7:08
"
Starpower " – 4:49
"
Death Valley '69 " – 5:10
"Halloween" – 5:09
"Flower" – 3:36
"Inhuman" – 4:01
"Making the Nature Scene" – 3:00
"Brother James" – 3:12
"I Dreamed I Dream" – 5:19
VHS
"Inhuman" (excerpt, live in front of
The Zap ,
Brighton , 8 November 1985) [unlisted]
"
Death Valley '69 " (feat.
Lydia Lunch , dir.
Richard Kern )
"Shadow of a Doubt" (dir.
Kevin Kerslake )
"Beauty Lies in the Eye" (dir. Kevin Kerslake)
Ciccone Youth "
Addicted to Love " (dir.
Kim Gordon )
Ciccone Youth "Macbeth" (dir.
Dave Markey )
"
Teen Age Riot " (dir. Sonic Youth)
"Silver Rocket" (dir. Charles Atlas)
"Providence" (dir. Peter Fowler & Sonic Youth)
"Candle" (dir. Kevin Kerslake)
"Silver Rocket" (feat.
Don Fleming , live on
Night Music , episode 210, 1989) (dir.
John Fortenberry )
"
I Wanna Be Your Dog " (feat.
David Sanborn &
Indigo Girls , live on
Night Music , episode 210, 1989) (dir. John Fortenberry)
"Schizophrenia" (live at
The Town and Country Club ,
London , 4 June 1987)
"
I Wanna Be Your Dog " (feat.
Iggy Pop , live at The Town and Country Club, London, 4 June 1987)
Thurston Moore 's nephew John and his three sisters "My Friend Goo" (Hyper version) (dir. Thurston Moore) [unlisted]
Thurston's nephew John and his three sisters "My Friend Goo" (Bored version) (dir. Thurston Moore) [unlisted]
"Brother James (live at The Zap, Brighton, 8 November 1985) [unlisted]
References
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