Tom Violence
Shadow Of A Doubt
Star Power
In The Kingdom # 19
Green Light
Death To Our Friends
Secret Girl
Expressway To Yr. Skull
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Evol
Published: 05 May 2009, 16:46
EVOL Is The Third Studio Album By American Alternative Rock Band Sonic Youth Released In 1986 On SST Records. The Album Cover Features A Picture Of Lung Leg A Still Taken From Submit To Me A Film By Richard Kern. The Album Is Notable For Being The First With New Drummer Steve Shelley Replacing Bob Bert And For Showing Signs Of The Band Transitioning Away From Their Noise-Rock Past And Toward A Greater Rock Sensibility. It Was The First Album By The Band Released On The SST Label. By 1986 Label Founder Greg Ginn Was Anxious For SST To Move Away From Its American Hardcore Roots And Signing Sonic Youth Was An Undeniably Important Step For The Label As Well As For The Band. The Record Marks The Second Straight For The Band In Which It Had Worked With New York Singer/performance Artist Lydia Lunch. Lunch Had Shared Vocal Duties On Bad Moon Rising's "Death Valley '69" And On This Record She Co-Wrote The Tune "Marilyn Moore". "Shadow Of A Doubt" Takes A Great Part Of Its Lyrical Imagery From The Hitchcock Film Strangers On A Train "Met A Stranger On A Train/you'll Kill Him And I'll Kill Her/swear It Wasn't Meant To Be". On The Vinyl Format Of The Album The Time Length For "Expressway To Yr. Skull" Was Indicated By The Symbol For Infinity The Final Moment Of The Song Featured A Locked Groove Making It Theoretically Endless. The CD Format Added A Bonus Track The Band's Cover Of The Kim Fowley Tune "Bubblegum." One Single A Radio Edit Of "Starpower" Was Released From The Album With "Bubblegum" And An Edited "Expressway To Yr. Skull" As B-Sides.