Reviews
"...these songs unfold over even-tempered rhythms and guitars that linger rather than attack. A splatter of distortion may enter, but the effect is mostly languid and wonderfully hypnotic..." - Rating: A-, 8 (out of 10) - "...it flows and has an uncompromising edge you'd hardly expect after all this time--a sense of chances taken, of instruments being swapped, of playfulness as well as seriousness....`The Diamond Sea'...is probably the best song Sonic Youth have ever written...", 6 (out of 10) - "...their patented brand of scrappy avant-rock is simultaneously ahead of and behind the curve...", Ranked #7 on Ew's Top 10 Albums of 1995., 3.5 Stars (Out of 5) -"...A Sardonic, Wise-Ass, Indulgent, and Totally Captivating Album...", Ranked #18 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., Ranked #31 in Nme's `Top 50 Albums of the Year' for 1995., "...it's the sound of a band coming up with new noises....lovely for its delicate guitars and reflective, loose-laid ways, its tantalising hints of humankindness....10 tracks without a bad one..."
