Goo by Sonic Youth

This is Sonic Youth's first major label record, coming off of the critical (but not necessarily financial) success of the best album ever made, Daydream Nation. How can you top that? Well, you can't, and SY didn't even try, opting instead to make a much more traditional rock album. Sure, it doesn't have the poppiness of Dirty or Rather Ripped, but if you listen to this album it's clear a transition to radio has been made, and it's certainly the father of the grunge movement. It's fun, so if you have never heard these songs before you should definitely check them out.

RATING: 76%

PS - One cool thing SY did for this album is hire different avant garde film directors to make a music video for every single song, so if you can find them on youtube and have some time to kill, why not watch them, hmmm?