- Trees Outside the Academy
Infobox Album
Name = Trees Outside the Academy
Type = studio
Artist =Thurston Moore
Released = Start date|2007|9|18
Recorded = 2007Amherst ,Massachusetts
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 46:07
Label =Ecstatic Peace
Producer =John Agnello and Thurston Moore
Reviews =
*Pitchfork Media rating-10|7.9 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45668-trees-outside-the-academy link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifwxzyhldke link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16259585/review/16266228/trees_outside_the_academy link]
*Stylus magazine (C-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/thurston-moore/trees-outside-the-academy.htm link]
*The A.V. Club (A-) [http://www.avclub.com/content/music/thurston_moore link]
Last album = "Psychic Hearts " (1995)
This album = "Trees Outside the Academy" (2007)
Next album ="Trees Outside the Academy" is an
alternative rock album by American musicianThurston Moore ofSonic Youth . It was released on18 September , 2007 and was Moore's first solo album since 1995's "Psychic Hearts ". It was released on Moore's own label,Ecstatic Peace . It was recorded with Sonic Youth's drummerSteve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.The recording took place at
Dinosaur Jr guitaristJ. Mascis ' home studio. Mascis also contributed lead guitar for some tracks. It features the track "Thurston @ 13" which is, "Some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s performing some kind of odd sound-theatre."The album debuted at #6 on the
Billboard Heatseekers chart, barely missing the Billboard 200.Track listing
# "Frozen Gtr." - 4:07
# "The Shape Is in a Trance" - 4:41
# "Honest James" - 3:52
# "Silver>Blue" - 5:52
# "Fri/End" - 3:33
# "American Coffin" - 3:58
# "Wonderful Witches" - 2:26
# "Off Work" - 4:14
# "Never Day" - 4:03
# "Free Noise Among Friends" - 0:36
# "Trees Outside the Academy" - 6:07
# "Thurston@13" - 2:38Personnel
* Thurston Moore - acoustic & electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano on track 6
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Steve Shelley - drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11* Samara Lubelski - violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
* J Mascis - lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 11
* Gown - electric guitar on track 1 & 9
* John Moloney - drums on track 7
* Christina Carter - vocals on track 3
* Leslie Keffer - noise on track 8
External links
* [http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/06/070620_thurstonmoore/ Thurston Moore to Drop 'Trees Outside the Academy'] "Spin"
* [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2114613 Youth gone solo: Thurston readies Mascis-tastic solo LP] "Drowned in Sound "
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