Intro
Brave Men Run In My Family
Society Is A Hole
I Love Her All The Time
Ghost Bitch
I'm Insane
Justice Is Might
Death Valley '69
Satan Is Boring
Halloween
Flower
Echo Canyon
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Bad Moon Rising
Published: 02 Feb 2023, 01:12
Bad Moon Rising Is The Second Studio Album By American Rock Band Sonic Youth Released On March 29 1985 By Blast First And Homestead Records. The Album Is Loosely Themed Around The Dark Side Of America Including References To Obsession Insanity Charles Manson Heavy Metal Satanism And Early European Settlers' Encounters With Native Americans. Released To Strong Reviews From The Underground Music Press Bad Moon Rising Was The Band's First Album To Combine Experimental Material With Transitional Pieces And Segues. The Album Was Preceded By The Single "Death Valley '69" Which Did Not Chart In Either The US Or UK The Track Was Re-Recorded For The Album And Released Again As A Single In June 1985 . The Album Was Named After The 1969 Song "Bad Moon Rising" By Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Album's Cover Is A Photograph By Artist James Welling Of A Scarecrow With A Flaming Jack-O'-Lantern As Its Head. Bad Moon Rising's Style Has Been Described As Noise Rock No Wave And Experimental Rock. The Album Begins With "Intro" A Short Instrumental Featuring Several Guitars Described By Michael Azerrad As "a Melancholic Meowing Slide Line Playing Off A Delicate Stack Of Crystalline Arpeggios." "Intro" Segues Into The Next Song "~Brave Men Run In My Family ". The Song Begins With A Single Riff Repeating For A Minute Before Gordon Murmurs "Brave Man Run In My Family/Brave Men Run Away From Me." The Riff Fades Into The Album's Third Song "Society Is A Hole" "a One-Chord Hymn To Big-City Anomie". Sonic Youth's Use Of Transitional Pieces In The Album Was Inspired By Their Live Shows Which Featured Either Moore Or Ranaldo Tuning Guitars For Up To Five Minutes While The Other Played Slow Transitory Guitar Riffs Or Prerecorded Sound Collages. "I Love Her All The Time" Features Extensive Prepared Guitar By Ranaldo And The Use Of One Chord With A Noise Section In The Middle Like Many Of The Album's Songs It Focuses On Texture And Rhythm Rather Than Melody. The Second Side Of Bad Moon Rising Which Comprises The Experimental "Ghost Bitch" Which Features Ranaldo On Acoustic Guitar And References Native Americans' First Encounter With European Settlers "I'm Insane" And "Justice Is Might" Expands On The Soundscape Concept The Songs Feature Repeating Guitar Riffs That Segue From One Song To The Next While Moore And Gordon Mumble Cryptic Lyrics. "Death Valley '69" The Album's Closer Was The Result Of A Collaboration Between Moore And New York Singer And Poet Lydia Lunch. Describing The Album's Style Pitchfork Called It "not So Much A Collection Of Songs As It Is An Extended Unending Uproar Seamless In Sound And Theme." AllMusic Noted The Album's Dark Nature Writing "An Album Quite Unlike Any Other In The Colorful Sonic Youth Canon Bad Moon Rising Captures The New York Band In 1985 During Its Most Morose Phase One That Is Quite Forbidding Yet Fascinating All The Same." Trouser Press Wrote That It " Exudes All The Horrible Beauty Of A Mushroom Cloud On The Horizon." Pitchfork Described The Album's Aesthetic As "compelling." Bad Moon Rising Ranked At No. 42 In Alternative Press's List Of The Greatest Albums Of 1985–1995 Surpassing Daydream Nation.