Riffiter listeners rate Dirty 3.5/5 from 1 rating.

When was Dirty released?

Dirty was released in 1992 on DGC.

How many tracks are on Dirty?

Dirty has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 59 minutes.

Dirty is catalogued under Alternative Rock.

Dirty runs at a median tempo of 126 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.

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Listeners of Dirty also rate Doolittle by Pixies, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Disintegration by The Cure.

AlbumE · 1992

Dirty

by Sonic Youth

Dirty is a 1992 alternative rock album by Sonic Youth. It runs 15 tracks across 59 minutes on DGC. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 1 rating.

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10 critics: 15
Tracks: 59 min
Runtime: 126 bpm
Tempo: C major
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15 tracks · 59 min

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Dirty (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]Deluxe edition · 1992 · 35 tracks
1. 1Is It My Body
2. 1100%
3. 2Swimsuit Issue
4. 2Personality Crisis
5. 3Theresa's Sound-World
6. 3The End of the End of the Ugly
7. 4Drunken Butterfly
8. 4Tamra
9. 5Little Jammy Thing (7" Version)
10. 5Shoot
11. 6Lite Damage (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
12. 6Wish Fulfillment
13. 7Dreamfinger (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
14. 7Sugar Kane
15. 8Barracuda (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
16. 8Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
17. 9New White Kross (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
18. 9Youth Against Fascism
19. 10Nic Fit
20. 10Guido (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
21. 11On the Strip
22. 11Stalker (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
23. 12Chapel Hill
24. 12Moonface (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
25. 13Poet in the Pit (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
26. 13Jc
27. 14Theoretical Chaos (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
28. 14Purr
29. 15Creme Brulee
30. 15Youth Against Fascism (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
31. 16Stalker
32. 16Wish Fulfillment (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
33. 17Genetic
34. 18Hendrix Necro
35. 19The Destroyed Room

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Dirty is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released on July 21, 1992, through record label DGC. In 1991, the band sent a series of cassettes of instrumental demos they had made, which would later have lyrics added. Most of these demos were featured on singles from the album. The band recorded and produced the album with Butch Vig in early 1992 at the Magic Shop studios. The album's songs had to be trimmed down from eighteen tracks, and they agreed that Ranaldo's "Genetic" and Gordon's "Hendrix Necro" would be omitted, though these were featured on the "100%" single. The sound on Dirty was inspired by the grunge scene of the time they were in. Some songs on the album mark the first appearance of three guitars in Sonic Youth songs. The album was remastered and released on quadruple vinyl and double CD in 2003.

The album spawned four singles, the first one was "100%", but it was not the crossover hit the label anticipated; Geffen Record executive Mark Kates admitted the single "was not a great radio song", however the single did chart well. The next was "Youth Against Fascism", although it didn't do very well. The last two were "Sugar Kane" and "Drunken Butterfly", released in 1993. "Sugar Kane" did better commercially than "Youth Against Fascism". The album did exceptionally well, going at number 6 in the UK Albums Chart, being their highest charting album in the UK, and 83 in the US. In support of the album, the band went on the "Pretty Fucking Dirty" tour of 1992 and 1993, where most of Dirty was played. In late 1992, they played in North America and in early 1993 they played in New Zealand, Australia and released the Whores Moaning EP which featured most of the "Sugar Kane" B-sides.

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Is Dirty good?: Riffiter listeners rate Dirty 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
When was Dirty released?: Dirty was released in 1992 on DGC.
How many tracks are on Dirty?: Dirty has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 59 minutes.
What genre is Dirty?: Dirty is catalogued under Alternative Rock.
What BPM is Dirty?: Dirty runs at a median tempo of 126 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Dirty?: Listeners of Dirty also rate Doolittle by Pixies, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Disintegration by The Cure.

Dirty at a glance

Label: DGC Records
Produced by: Butch Vig

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