Trees Outside the Academy

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Trees Outside the Academy
Thurstontreesoutsidetheacademy.jpg
Studio album by
Thurston Moore
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Recorded2007 Amherst, Massachusetts
Genre Alternative rock
Length46:07
Label Ecstatic Peace!
Producer John Agnello and Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore chronology
Psychic Hearts
(1995)		Trees Outside the Academy
(2007)		 Demolished Thoughts
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club A− [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Stylus Magazine C− [7]

Trees Outside the Academy is the second solo studio album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on September 18, 2007, and was Moore's follow-up of 1995's Psychic Hearts . It was released on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace! and recorded with Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.

Contents

The recording took place at Dinosaur Jr guitarist J. 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

All tracks by Thurston Moore.

  1. "Frozen Gtr." – 4:07
  2. "The Shape Is in a Trance" – 4:41
  3. "Honest James" – 3:52
  4. "Silver>Blue" – 5:52
  5. "Fri/End" – 3:33
  6. "American Coffin" – 3:58
  7. "Wonderful Witches + Language Meanies" – 2:26
  8. "Off Work" – 4:14
  9. "Never Light" – 4:03
  10. "Free Noise Among Friends" – 0:36
  11. "Trees Outside the Academy" – 6:07
  12. "Thurston@13" – 2:38

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Vl) [8] 47
French SNEP Albums Chart [9] 176
Norwegian Albums Chart [10] 18
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums [11] 6

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