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| Released | November 4, 1987 (US) January 22, 1988 (UK) | |||
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| Length | 19:22 | |||
| Label | SST, Blast First | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Blurt |   [5] |
| Robert Christgau | C+ [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Master-Dik is the third EP by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released on November 4, 1987, in the United States by record label SST, [8] and on January 22, 1988, in the United Kingdom by label Blast First. [9]
Inspired by New York City hip hop from the late 1980s, the title song used a drum machine, sampled Kiss, and name-dropped Ciccone Youth, a name under which Sonic Youth had released a single in 1986 and would use again for an album in 1988. The B-sides comprised several interview snippets, parody and/or cover songs that pay tribute to and/or mention the Ramones, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Beatles, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Sonny Sharrock, George Benson, and Ringo Starr, plus short-form sound collages, field recordings, musique concrète, and human beatboxing. [10] Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis plays guitar on "Beat on the Brat".
Master-Dik's liner notes reprinted a rant by Ben Weasel from the November 1987 issue of the fanzine Maximumrocknroll . In the article, Weasel criticized Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü and several other indie rock bands from the 1980s for eschewing punk rock for a boring classic rock sound. [11] Etchings on the vinyl's inner groove read "Ciccone death rock dream tinkle" on one side, and "Humpy pumpy psychoacoustik frenzy" on the other. [12] When it was originally released, the album sleeve bore a sticker reading "Not as good as Atomizer , so don't get your hopes up, cheese!" The same sticker had originally appeared on Big Black's 1987 EP Headache , and referred to that band's previous album.
All tracks are written by Sonic Youth, except the Beatles cover "Ticket to Ride", written by Lennon-McCartney, and the Ramones cover "Beat on the Brat", written by Joey Ramone
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Master-Dik" | 5:01 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Beat on the Brat" (Ramones cover) | 2:31 |
| 2. | "Under the Influence of the Jesus and Mary Chain" (recorded live on Suisse Radio) | 0:43 |
| 3. | "Ticket to Ride / Master-Dik (Version) / Introducing the Stars" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Ringo / He's on Fire / Florida Oil Drums / Westminster Chimes" | 1:40 |
| 5. | "Chinese Jam" | 1:11 |
| 6. | "Vibrato / Guitar Lick / Funky Fresh" | 2:24 |
| 7. | "Our Backyard" | 2:17 |
| 8. | "Traffik" | 0:05 |
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