Psychic Hearts (Reis)

Thurston Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000EMGA1M
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As good as Sonic Youth, January 11, 2011

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Christopher Laney (Pittsfield, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychic Hearts (Reis) (Audio CD)

This underrated album stands with the best of the Sonic Youth albums - Daydream Nation, Sisters, Murray Street... As one reviewer points out, this is an uninterrupted stream of Thurston songs, no Kim Gordon, etc. This is not a bad thing - I can get my Kim Gordon fix from the many Sonic Youth albums available.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moore is spot on with Psychic Hearts, December 3, 2006

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just an observer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychic Hearts (Reis) (Audio CD)

I have this release on 2 LP's and it sounds as good now as ever. The SY of the 1990's is all about a tight melody wrapped -- in any number of layers -- around well known SY noise. If you are bought into these types of songs, then this album is a winner.

On Psychic Hearts, Moore is able exercise this formula in many different ways. Nearly every cut has a memorable melody with different noises wrapped around it. From minimal "Cherry's Blues" to the rough and tumble cuts, "Ono Soul" and the title track, this album has it all.

Also, Steve Shelley's work on this release is stellar. His work really propels the songs in the same way you expect from the SY releases.

And what can you say about "Elegy for All the Dead Rock Stars"? The final cut is a 19 minute track that embodies the full extent of a simple melody being drawn out to a logical conclusion. Unless you are someone who is into music from the likes of Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Glenn Branca or even Steve Reich this cut will grate. For those of us into this genre, it's mesmerizing.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty decent, March 19, 2006

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zack (costa Mesa, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychic Hearts (Reis) (Audio CD)

overall pretty awesome sounding stuff...but having 15 straight thurston tracks makes me realize how much i miss Kim Gordon ranting about chick stuff or Lee Ranaldo droning on poetically with an off-kilter beat...if there is more thurston solo stuff out there i wish he would release it cuz i really cant get enough of sonic youth in any shape or form...