Download sonic youth a thousand leaves rar free shared files from DownloadJoy and other world's most popular shared hosts. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest sonic youth a thousand leaves rar files are listed. 'A Thousand Leaves' is the 10th studio album by the American experimental rock band Sonic Youth. The album features longer, extended songs and jams brought about by the band's newfound freedom to experiment without racking up costly studio time.
SONICYOUTH.COM DISCOGRAPHY - ALBUM: A THOUSAND LEAVES A THOUSAND LEAVES TRACK LIST: 1. Contre Le Sexisme 3:55 2. Sunday 4:52 3. Female Mechanic Now On Duty 7:43 - 4. Wildflower Soul 9:04 5.
Hoarfrost 5:01 6. French Tickler 4:52 7. Hits Of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg) 11:05 8. Karen Koltrane 9:20 - 9. The Ineffable Me 5:21 10. Snare, Girl 6:38 11. Heather Angel 6:09 NOTES 'A Thousand Leaves' is Sonic Youth's twelfth album, following the release of three EPs on their own newly established record label.
For the first time, SY debuted their new material live in a largely instrumental shape, sprawling compositions allowed to naturally progress with each performance. With their own studio capable of producing more than just demos, they were now able to record virtually anything they wanted, and they enlisted former 'Confusion is Sex' producer Wharton Tiers to assist with the sessions, paving the way for the abundance of material released by the band in 1997 and 1998. HISTORY Having finished construction of their own sonic studio, Echo Canyon, in 1996, the band was free to record new material as they pleased. Their first major project was composing the score for Richard Linklater's film 'Suburbia' (their first such endeavor since 'Made in USA' in 1986). SY contribute 3 songs to the soundtrack, including 'Bee-Bee's Song' 'Tabla in Suburbia' & an early, extended version of 'Sunday' (which would later appear, rerecorded and shortened, on 'A Thousand Leaves').
After 2 years of extensive touring for 'Washing Machine', SY were in no hurry to return to the road - instead they focused on composing new material, but with the opportunity to record every note as it was written and let the songs grow naturally, the new pieces were slowly perfected and rather than immediately construct proper vocal lines for each piece to present it as a 'song', the bulk of the songs remained instrumental until very late in the game. At a Thurston solo gig in NYC on March 1st, 1997, the full band showed up unannounced and debuted 3 of these new instrumentals: 'Proud Marie' 'Wildflower' & 'Anagrama'.
They continued working on recordings, bringing in longtime acquaintance and 'Confusion is Sex' producer Wharton Tiers, and announced the launch of their own record label - Sonic Youth Recordings, aka SYR. Running their own label gave Sonic Youth the opportunity to release their new recordings without having to worry about Geffen rejecting 9-minute instrumentals and improvisations, all while continuing to perfect the material that was destined for the next DGC LP. The first SYR release featured the instrumental 'Anagrama', the brief 'Improvisation Ajoutee', the jazzy jam 'Tremens', and the corrosive speaker assault 'Mieux: De Corrosion'. Sonic Youth made another live appearance on June 5th, debuting 'Stil' 'Static Overview' and 'Hits of Sunshine' - the latter song was the only one with vocals. Two days later they played the Tibetan Freedom Concert once again ('Wildflower' from this set appeared on the official 3CD TFC compilation). They also played all 6 songs in studio for the 'Sessions at West 54th St.'
PBS show, which chose to air 'Proud Marie' 'Stil' and 'Static Overview'. They did one more gig in June, then took a two month break to continue work on the SYR releases and the new album. At the end of August they did 2 west coast shows in Portland and Seattle, performing the same set both nights - they added 'Sunday' from the Suburbia soundtrack, as well as a brand new tune later to be called 'Heather Angel' (Kim's vocals were already in place). Soon the second SYR disc was released, with 'Slaapkamers Met Slagroom' (an 18-minute instrumental that starts off as 'Proud Marie' and dissolves into a wild jam), 'Stil' (this and 'Anagrama' were the only SYR pieces that would remain instrumental for their subsequent live performances), and the quirky 'Herinneringen', featuring 3 tracks of Kim's vocals.
The band did another gig - without Lee, who was on tour with William Hooker in Europe at the time - for the release party of Neil Young's film 'Year of the Horse' in October. I'm not sure exactly what they played - certainly the existing set but possibly three new songs, which otherwise made their first known performance at the infamous Avery Fisher gig on November 21st. These new songs were 'Karen Koltrane' 'Woodland Ode' and 'French Tickler'. In the program handed out to those in attendance, 'Stil' was titled 'Hush'. This would be the new material's final performance as instrumentals - the band finished recording the new songs in late '97 and early '98, and began working on providing vocal lines for the six instrumentals destined for the album. 'Wildflower' became 'Wildflower Soul'. 'Proud Marie' became 'The Ineffable Me'.
'Woodland Ode' became 'Hoarfrost'. 'Static Overview' became 'Female Mechanic Now On Duty'. 'Stil' was reworked as a lullaby titled 'Snare', later 'Snare, Girl'. A studio improvisation was trimmed down to become 'Contre Le Sexisme'.
In early '98 the third SYR release was prepared, this time featuring not sketchy versions of evolving pieces but 3 improvisations, 2 exceeding 20 minutes, with guest performer Jim O'Rourke, who 2 years later would become the fifth member of Sonic Youth. On March 19th, 1998 the songs were debuted with vocals in Austin, TX. In mid-late April, SY played 4 northeast college/university gigs, playing everything from the album except for 'Snare, Girl' which was always represented live by its instrumental counterpart 'Stil', and 'Contre Le Sexisme', which was never reproduced live.
'Anagrama' remained in the set. Geffen did not handle the double-vinyl release, instead Smells Like./My So-Called Records issued it in advance, sending orders in out in late April. When the CD was released on May 12th, Sonic Youth were 6 dates into their North American 'A Thousand Leaves' tour - the first tour since 1988's 'Daydream Nation' tour to exclusively feature new material, aside from early favorite 'Death Valley '69', performed as an encore at every show. Otherwise, the set lists remained static throughout the tour, switching the order around slightly but never straying from the 9 album tracks, 'Anagrama' 'Stil' & 'Death Valley'. On May 22nd, in Seattle, WA, the band added one more 'oldie' to the set, unearthing 'Shadow of a Doubt' for the first time since 1986.
From this point on, the main set would close with 'Heather Angel', and the encore was 'Stil' 'Shadow of a Doubt' and 'Death Valley '69', followed by a short noisy improvisation. The shows were truly incredible - fans hoping for 'Teenage Riot' or 'Dirty Boots' were disappointed, but those who came open-minded got to hear 'A Thousand Leaves' the way it deserved to be heard, live and loud. Frankly, I think the tour exceeded the album in performance quality - while the album itself sounded like instrumentals w/ vocals layered overtop, the tour versions of these same songs sounded perfectly natural, cohesive, and alive: the ultimate display of sonic energy. Following the US tour, SY made their third appearance at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, and their fourth appearance on David Letterman's show, performing the first and only single from the album: 'Sunday'.
The single was released in July, with a brutal radio edit, a rough cover of the obscure Nirvana b-side 'Moist Vagina', and a preview of the forthcoming 'Silver Session' release, 'Silver Panties' (recorded during the vocal overdub sessions for 'A Thousand Leaves'). The European tour commenced in June and finished in August, showing no set list alterations (except where the sets needed shortening due to festival requirements). SY returned to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan once again in October. This was the last tour of 1998, and technically the last tour to specifically support 'A Thousand Leaves' - on their next tour, in February 1999, Sonic Youth abandoned the previous year's set list and once again began to perform old material, including songs from each of their prior albums. Around this time, they began work on the 4th SYR release, a collection of interpretations of some of the band's favorite compositions of the 20th century, recording with William Winant, Jim O'Rourke, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, Christian Marclay, and Wharton Tiers. Coco even makes another vocal appearance, following up her wails on Mike Watt's 'Ballhog or Tug Boat?'
On April 1st they performed a special SYR4 show (long before its release, and long before the album was even fully finished) in NYC. They did a gig on June 13th in NYC, premiering 2 brand new instrumentals, one piece from SYR4, a lengthy version of 'Expressway', and an encore of SYR2 track 'Stil'. In early July they headed to the west coast for 5 gigs, and between the first show in Berkeley, CA and the second show in Irvine, a Ryder truck containing all of the band's touring equipment was stolen from outside their hotel in the middle of the night, including some guitars that had been in the band's collection since virtually day 1 (the 'Drifter' guitar used exclusively by Thurston on 'Eric's Trip' was used as far back as 1983, and its loss rendered them unable to perform Lee's Daydream rocker). Down but not out, SY piled together some new/borrowed instruments to fulfill the remainder of the tour, and returned home to NYC, plucking long forgotten gear from their studio to work on new material which would end up on 'NYC Ghosts & Flowers'. For further information on the stolen gear, please visit the Gear Guide, linked in the frame above. PACKAGING The double-vinyl and the CD have the same cover, Marnie Weber's 'Hamster Girl' photo. The back covers are the same too, aside from the text on the card in the righthand photo - the vinyl has the bulk of the album credits on the card, the CD version just has the copyright info.
Both have the track list in the lefthand frame. Unlike previous double-vinyl versions of 'Daydream Nation' and 'Washing Machine', there's no gatefold - both 12's are in plain white sleeves in the jacket, along with a 2-sided insert. One side features a large black and white image of four children posing next to a crude teepee construction, the other side features a lyric sheet for the entire album - like 'Experimental Jet Set', the vinyl release includes lyrics not present in the CD liner. The CD insert folds out to a 6-page, 2x3 double-sided sheet, featuring the album cover + various pictures of Kim hiding behind leaves on the colour side, and the same teepee/children image w/ a track list, credits, thanks, etc on the reverse, black and white side.
The jewel case's tray is clear to reveal more art in the tray liner. CREDITS/LINERS Produced by Wharton Tiers and Sonic Youth 1997/98 NYC.
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