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Washing Machine is an album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the band Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
. It was released shortly after the group concluded their stint headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
 music festival.

The track "Little Trouble Girl
Little Trouble Girl

"Little Trouble Girl" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the second and final single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . Guest vocals for the song were provided by Kim Deal....
" features vocals by Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon

Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, and artist. She sings, plays Bass guitar and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth....
 and Breeders
The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal , her twin sister Kelley Deal , Jose Medeles , Mando Lopez and Cheryl Lyndsey ; Kim Deal has been the band's sole continu...
/Pixies member Kim Deal
Kim Deal

Kimberly Ann Deal is an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs....
. The video for that track was directed by noted music video and feature film director Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek is an award-winning United States music video film director who has also moved into directing theatrical films....
. It's in a gently-paced artistic sci-fi style, with Gordon and Deal and a strange small alien creature with long fingers.

The actual name of the "Untitled" track is "Becuz Coda" which was originally part of the song "Becuz" but Geffen Records
Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
 felt they needed to cut the 8 minute long track to make the album’s opening more accessible, and released a radio edit of "The Diamond Sea
The Diamond Sea

"The Diamond Sea" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the first single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . The song has also been covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and can be found on their iTunes Session EP....
."

"Washing Machine" peaked at #39 on the UK Album Chart.

"Panty Lies" is perhaps Sonic Youth's most dissonant
Consonance and dissonance

In music, a consonance is a harmony, Chord , or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance ? considered unstable . The strictest definition of consonance may be only those sounds which are pleasant, while the most general definition includes any sounds which are used freely....
 song.






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Washing Machine is an album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the band Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
. It was released shortly after the group concluded their stint headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
 music festival.

The track "Little Trouble Girl
Little Trouble Girl

"Little Trouble Girl" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the second and final single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . Guest vocals for the song were provided by Kim Deal....
" features vocals by Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon

Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, and artist. She sings, plays Bass guitar and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth....
 and Breeders
The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal , her twin sister Kelley Deal , Jose Medeles , Mando Lopez and Cheryl Lyndsey ; Kim Deal has been the band's sole continu...
/Pixies member Kim Deal
Kim Deal

Kimberly Ann Deal is an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs....
. The video for that track was directed by noted music video and feature film director Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek is an award-winning United States music video film director who has also moved into directing theatrical films....
. It's in a gently-paced artistic sci-fi style, with Gordon and Deal and a strange small alien creature with long fingers.

The actual name of the "Untitled" track is "Becuz Coda" which was originally part of the song "Becuz" but Geffen Records
Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
 felt they needed to cut the 8 minute long track to make the album’s opening more accessible, and released a radio edit of "The Diamond Sea
The Diamond Sea

"The Diamond Sea" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the first single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . The song has also been covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and can be found on their iTunes Session EP....
."

"Washing Machine" peaked at #39 on the UK Album Chart.

"Panty Lies" is perhaps Sonic Youth's most dissonant
Consonance and dissonance

In music, a consonance is a harmony, Chord , or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance ? considered unstable . The strictest definition of consonance may be only those sounds which are pleasant, while the most general definition includes any sounds which are used freely....
 song. Nearly every chord
Chord (music)

In music and music theory a chord is a set of two or more different note that sound simultaneously. Most often, in European-influenced music, chords are tertian Sonority that can be constructed as stacks of thirds relative to some underlying musical scale....
 in the song is diminished
Diminished chord

A diminished triad chord is a Triad consisting of a minor third and a diminished fifth above the Root ? if built on C, a diminished chord would have a C, an E and a G....
. Despite this, it was still an encore choice for much of the Lollapalooza festival in 1995.

It is noted that Kim Gordon played guitar on 8 or 9 of the 11 tracks, leaving the tracks with no bass.

Track listing

All songs written by Sonic Youth.
  1. "Becuz" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 4:43
  2. "Junkie's Promise" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 4:02
  3. "Saucer-Like" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) – 4:25
  4. "Washing Machine" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 9:33
  5. "Unwind" (lyrics Moore, vocals Moore and Ranaldo) – 6:02
  6. "Little Trouble Girl
    Little Trouble Girl

    "Little Trouble Girl" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the second and final single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . Guest vocals for the song were provided by Kim Deal....
    " (lyrics Gordon, vocals Kim Deal
    Kim Deal

    Kimberly Ann Deal is an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs....
     and Gordon)     – 4:29
  7. "No Queen Blues" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 4:35
  8. "Panty Lies" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 4:15
  9. "Untitled" – 2:49
  10. "Skip Tracer" (lyrics Leah Singer
    Leah Singer

    Leah Singer is a photographer and multimedia artist. She is the long-time artistic collaborator and wife of Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. Singer performs with multiple modified movie projector that allow her to improvise and manipulate the film projections by adjusting the film rate....
     and Ranaldo, vocals Ranaldo)     – 3:48
  11. "The Diamond Sea
    The Diamond Sea

    "The Diamond Sea" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the first single from their 1995 album Washing Machine . The song has also been covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and can be found on their iTunes Session EP....
    " (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 19:35


Charts


Album

Year Chart Position
1995 Official UK Albums Chart 39
1995 Billboard Top 200 58


Singles

Year Song Chart Position
1996 "Little Trouble Girl" UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 85


External links

  • page at Mark Romanek
    Mark Romanek

    Mark Romanek is an award-winning United States music video film director who has also moved into directing theatrical films....
    's web site