Trees Outside the Academy
| Trees Outside the Academy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 Amherst, Massachusetts | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Ecstatic Peace! | |||
| Producer | John Agnello and Thurston Moore | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[3] |
| Robert Christgau | (1-star Honorable Mention)[7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | StarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[5] |
| Stylus Magazine | C−[6] |
Trees Outside the Academy is the fifth solo studio album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on September 18, 2007, on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace! and recorded with Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.
The recording took place at Dinosaur Jr guitarist J. Mascis' home studio. Mascis also contributed lead guitar for some tracks. It features the track "Thurston @ 13" which is, "Some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s performing some kind of odd sound-theatre."
The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, barely missing the Billboard 200.
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks by Thurston Moore.
- "Frozen Gtr." – 4:07
- "The Shape Is in a Trance" – 4:41
- "Honest James" – 3:52
- "Silver>Blue" – 5:52
- "Fri/End" – 3:33
- "American Coffin" – 3:58
- "Wonderful Witches + Language Meanies" – 2:26
- "Off Work" – 4:14
- "Never Light" – 4:03
- "Free Noise Among Friends" – 0:36
- "Trees Outside the Academy" – 6:07
- "Thurston@13" – 2:38
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Thurston Moore – acoustic & electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano on track 6
- Steve Shelley – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
- Samara Lubelski – violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
- J Mascis – lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 11
- Gown – electric guitar on track 1 & 9
- John Moloney – drums on track 7
- Christina Carter – vocals on tracks 1 & 3
- Leslie Keffer – noise on track 8
Chart positions
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[8] | 47 |
| French SNEP Albums Chart[9] | 176 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[10] | 18 |
| US Billboard Heatseekers Albums[11] | 6 |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Thurston Moore to Drop 'Trees Outside the Academy' Spin
- Youth gone solo: Thurston readies Mascis-tastic solo LP Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Drowned in Sound
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