Washing Machine (album)

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Washing Machine
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Studio album by
Sonic Youth
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
RecordedJanuary – May 1995
Studio Easley Studios (Memphis, Tennessee)
Mott and Greene Street Studios (New York City)
Genre
Length68:17
Label DGC
Producer Sonic Youth, John Siket
Sonic Youth chronology
Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
(1995)		Washing Machine
(1995)		 SYR1: Anagrama
(1997)
Sonic Youth studio album chronology
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
(1994)		Washing Machine
(1995)		 A Thousand Leaves
(1998)
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Becuz"Gordon4:43
2."Junkie's Promise"Moore4:02
3."Saucer-Like"Ranaldo4:25
4."Washing Machine"Gordon9:33
5."Unwind"Moore6:02
6."Little Trouble Girl"Gordon, Kim Deal4:29
7."No Queen Blues"Moore4:35
8."Panty Lies"Gordon4:15
9."Becuz Coda" (untitled on the packaging) 2:49
10."Skip Tracer" (additional lyrics by Leah Singer)Ranaldo3:48
11."The Diamond Sea"Moore19:35
Total length:68:17

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [31]

Charts

Album

Chart (1995)Peak
Australian Albums Chart 34 [15]
Belgian Albums Chart 38 [18]
Dutch Albums Chart 91 [17]
New Zealand Albums Chart 41 [16]
UK Albums Chart 39 [14]
US Billboard 200 58 [13]

Singles

SongChart (1996)Peak
"Little Trouble Girl" UK Singles Chart 81 [14]

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