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A Thousand Leaves
''A Thousand Leaves'' is the 10th studio album by the American experimental rock band Sonic Youth, released on May 12, 1998, by DGC Records. It was the first Sonic Youth album recorded at the band's own studio in Lower Manhattan, which was built with the money they had made at the 1995 Lollapalooza music festival. Since the band had an unlimited amount of time to work in their studio, the album features numerous lengthy and improvisional tracks that were developed unevenly. Three highly experimental EPs, ''Anagrama'', ''Slaapkamers met slagroom'', and ''Invito al ĉielo'', were recorded simultaneously with the album.
Upon release, ''A Thousand Leaves'' reached No. 85 on the US ''Billboard'' Top 200 chart and No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart. The song "Sunday" was released as a single and as a music video directed by Harmony Korine and starring American actor Macaulay Culkin. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the lengthy and quiet guitar interplay between band members Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. However, some critics criticized the forced vocal delivery of band member Kim Gordon and found several tracks to be unnecessary long and poorly constructed.
==Background and recording==
''A Thousand Leaves'' is the follow-up to Sonic Youth's 1995 album ''Washing Machine'', released through DGC. After ''Washing Machine'', the band started writing new songs from extended improvisations in rehearsal.〔 These were recorded at the band's own studio, Echo Canyon, on Murray Street in Lower Manhattan,〔 which was built with the money they had made at the 1995 Lollapalooza music festival.〔 Several instrumental jams were released in a series of EPs through the band's own record label, Sonic Youth Recordings, and distributed by Smells Like Records, an independent record label previously formed by drummer Steve Shelley.〔 Three highly experimental EPs, ''Anagrama'', ''Slaapkamers met slagroom'', and ''Invito al ĉielo'', were released before ''A Thousand Leaves'' was completed.〔 The 11-minute song "Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)" was initially intended to be released on one of these EPs as an instrumental track, but it was ultimately included in the album with vocals.〔
The span of nearly three years between ''Washing Machine'' and ''A Thousand Leaves'' was the longest gap between studio albums in Sonic Youth's career at the time. Singer and guitarist Thurston Moore explained that the band needed a break, noting that they had been touring non-stop for 16 years. He said, "We're having children, we're getting older, let's just cool out a little bit and build this workshop, and go that way, work that route."〔 Since ''A Thousand Leaves'' was the first Sonic Youth album that was recorded in the band's own studio, the band had more time and freedom to work on it.〔 As a result, the songs evolved unevenly and were recorded from an early stage of development.〔 According to guitarist Lee Ranaldo, the album is "a reflection of where we were at the time. We weren't into making anything concise. We were just playing what we felt like playing. We really didn't feel like what we needed to be doing was producing another record like ''Goo''."〔 The album was co-produced by the band and ''Confusion Is Sex'' producer Wharton Tiers and mastered by Greg Calbi at Masterdisk in New York City.〔
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