Sonic Youth - Hits Are For Squares
Our Price: $23.95
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.00 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Sonic YouthEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-11-05
Music Label: Starbucks Entertainment - Universal Music
Free Music Notes for Hits Are For Squares
Free Music Review: Celebrity-selected "hits"?
Hit: 4 Stars
This was initially a Starbucks release. Yes, a Sonic Youth collection...from Starbucks. Anywho, somebody made the decision to have "famous people" select what would go on. Good choices or not, here it is. Now truth be known Sonic Youth needs a "hits" album since their only other one is an 80's collection. The band probably opted to let others choose songs, as picking their own stuff would be about as easy as Phish putting a best-of together. Not easy, and "Hits Are For Squares" is uneven because of it. Goo and Dirty each get a couple tracks. I think "Kool Thing" and "100%" are good choices. "Teenage Riot" and "Bull in The Heather" each belong. Honestly, that's about as close to "hits" that Sonic Youth has come. The rest of the songs are simply fan faves. I would have added a track from Washing Machine. Maybe "Becuz", "Unwind" or "Panty Lies". There is a song here from the Sister album, but I would have chosen "Schizophrenia" or "Kotton Krown". Anyway, we could debate these choices for an hour. Here's what we got...
Hits are for Squares tracklist:
1. Bull in the Heather, selected by Catherine Keener
2. Sugar Kane, selected by Beck
3. 100%, selected by Mike D
4. Kool Thing, selected by Radiohead
5. Disappearer, selected by Portia de Rossi
6. Stones, selected by Allison Anders
7. Tuff Gnarl, selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt
8. Teenage Riot, selected Eddie Vedder
9. Shadow of a Doubt, selected by Michelle Williams
10. Rain on Tin, selected by Flea
11. Tom Violence, selected by Gus Van Sant
12. Mary-Christ, selected by David Cross
13. World Looks Red, selected by Chloë Sevigny
14. Expressway to Yr Skull, selected by the Flaming Lips
15. Slow Revolution
Hits Are For Squares Poster
Sonic Youth's Hits Are For Squares, previously available only through limited outlets now available everywhere. Hits Are For Squares is a collection of songs from Sonic Youth's career curated by a diverse group of artists, actors, directors and musicians whose own progressive and unconventional style is akin to the freestyle expression of Sonic Youth's music. The artisans handpicked by Sonic Youth include Catherine Keener, Beck, Mike D, Radiohead, Portia De Rossi, Diablo Cody, Allison Anders, Dave Eggers and Mike Watt, Eddie Vedder, Michelle Williams, Flea, Gus Van Sant, David Cross, Chloe Sevigny, and The Flaming Lips. Also included is the track "Slow Revolution" written and recorded for the original release.Pop Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Pop Music CDs
Yvette Freeman - Dinah Was (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection)Release date: 2005-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $21.07
Price in other shops:
Twin Sisters Productions - Building Character Music CDTWIN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS; Release date: 2007-01-01; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Bernadette Peters in ConcertDVD
Best price: $129.99
Everything Must Go/ Two Against Natureby Steely Dan
Published: 2003; Music CD
Scattered Ashesby Ihsahn / Emperor
Candlelight Records/Emi; Published: 2009-07-28; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops:
![Christmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS] Image](/images/Christmas-at-the-Biltmore-Estate-VHS-076700437X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Christmas at the Biltmore Estate [VHS]A&E Home Video; Release date: 1998-09-04; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $11.84
Price in other shops:
The Shadow: Rare Radio Gems (Rare Radio Gems)Release date: 2002-09-01; Published: 2002-09-01; Music CD
Best price: $20.00
Price in other shops:
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol. 1: An Audio & Musical Journey Through the Harlem Renaissanceby Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Release date: 2011-09-06; Published: 2008; Music CD
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Francis Durbridge, Paul Temple & The Gilbert Case - Radio ShowRelease date: 2003-05-12; Music CD
Best price: $21.49
Price in other shops:
The Serenaders - My One and Only YouRelease date: 2011-05-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.76
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Wilco - The Whole LoveRelease date: 2011-09-27; Music CD
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set Trash & No StarRelease date: 1994-05-10; Music CD
Best price: $4.16
Price in other shops:
Wild Flag - Wild FlagRelease date: 2011-09-13; Music CD
Best price: $9.78
Price in other shops:
Thurston Moore - Demolished ThoughtsRelease date: 2011-05-24; Music CD
Best price: $9.29
Price in other shops:
Patti Smith - Outside SocietyRelease date: 2011-08-23; Music CD
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
Sonic Youth - Simon Werner a DisparuRelease date: 2011-02-15; Music CD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Sonic Youth - SisterRelease date: 1994-10-11; Music CD
Best price: $3.22
Price in other shops:
Sonic Youth - The EternalBaker & Taylor; Release date: 2009-06-09; Music CD
Best price: $8.25
Price in other shops:
![Sonic Youth -1991: The Year Punk Broke [DVD] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
Sonic Youth -1991: The Year Punk Broke [DVD]Uni; Release date: 2011-09-13; Published: 2011-09-23; DVD
Best price: $13.35
Price in other shops:
Sonic Youth - Daydream NationRelease date: 1993-11-23; Music CD
Best price: $2.38
Price in other shops: