EVOL
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EVOL is a Sonic Youth album, released in 1986. The album cover features a picture of Lung Leg, taken from a film by Richard Kern.
The album is notable for showing signs of the band's transition away from their noise-rock past and towards a greater rock sensibility.
On the vinyl format of the album, the time length for "Expressway to Yr. Skull" was indicated by the symbol for infinity; the final moment of the song featured a locked groove, making it theoretically endless. The CD format added a bonus track: the band's raucous but surprisingly faithful take on the Kim Fowley tune "Bubblegum."
Track listing
All tracks by Sonic Youth except as noted.
- "Tom Violence" – 3:05
- "Shadow of a Doubt" – 3:32
- "Star Power" – 4:48
- "In the Kingdom #19" – 3:24
- "Green Light" 3:46
- "Death to Our Friends" 3:16
- "Secret Girls" – 2:54
- "Marilyn Moore" (Sonic Youth/Lydia Lunch) – 4:04
- "Expressway to Yr. Skull (The Crucifixion of Sean Penn/Madonna, Sean and Me)" – 7:19
- "Bubblegum" (Kim Fowley) – 2:49
| Sonic Youth |
| Kim Gordon | Thurston Moore | Lee Ranaldo | Steve Shelley |
| Jim Sclavunos | Richard Edson | Bob Bert | Jim O'Rourke | Coco Gordon Moore |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex | Sonic Death | Bad Moon Rising | EVOL | Sister | The Whitey Album | Daydream Nation | Goo | Dirty | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Washing Machine | Made in USA | A Thousand Leaves | | SYR5 | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Murray Street | Sonic Nurse | Rather Ripped |
| Extended plays: Kill Yr Idols | TV Shit | ' | ' | | Silver Session for Jason Knuth |
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