Album
Hits Are For Squares
2008 · Rock
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Hits Are For Squares is an Alt/Indie album by Sonic Youth, originally released in 2008. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
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Hits Are for Squares is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 10, 2008, by Starbucks Entertainment. It contains fifteen previously released songs, as well as one brand new track, "Slow Revolution". The album contains sixteen tracks: the first fifteen were selected by other artists, and the sixteenth is an exclusive new recording by Sonic Youth. Hits Are for Squares was initially only released in America. It received a limited international release on vinyl for Record Store Day 2010. 01. Bull in the Heather (selected by Catherine Keener) 02. Sugar Kane (selected by Beck) 03. 100% (selected by Mike D) 04. Kool Thing (selected by Radiohead) 05. Disappearer (selected by Portia de Rossi) 06. Superstar (selected by Diablo Cody) 07. Stones (selected by Allison Anders) 08. Tuff Gnarl (selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt) 09. Teenage Riot (selected Eddie Vedder) 10. Shadow of a Doubt (selected by Michelle Williams) 11. Rain on Tin (selected by Flea) 12. Tom Violence (selected by Gus Van Sant) 13. Mary-Christ (selected by David Cross) 14. World Looks Red (selected by Chloë Sevigny) 15. Expressway to Yr Skull (selected by the Flaming Lips) 16. Slow Revolution (exclusive).
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Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- abrasive
- intense
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
A Collection of tracks Selected by Writers, Actors, Artists, & Musicians.
Track Picked by
1 - Catherine Keener
2 - Mike D
3 - Beck
4 - Radiohead
5 - Portia de Rossi
6 - Diablo Cody
7 - Allison Anders
8 - Dave Eggers & Mike Watt
9 - Eddie Vedder
10 - Michelle Williams
11 - Flea
12 - Gus Van Sant
13 - David Cross
14 - Chloe Sevigny
15 - The Flaming Lips
Track 16 is previously unreleased.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Kim Gordon
- Lee Ranaldo
- Steve Shelley
- Thurston Moore
Production & Engineering
- Tim ZieglerCOMPILATION PRODUCER
- Tim ZieglerPRODUCER
- Tim ZieglerPRODUCER [COMPILATION]
- John AgnelloRECORDED BY
Songwriting
- Bonnie Bramlett
- Delaney Bramlett
- Jim O'Rourke
- Jim Sclavunos
- Leon Russell
- Michael Gira
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 17 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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