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Formats and Editions
1. Contre le Sexisme
2. Sunday
3. Female Mechanic Now on Duty
4. Wild Flower Soul
5. Hoarfrost
6. French Tickler
7. Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)
8. Karen Koltrane
9. Ineffable Me, The
10. Snare, Girl
11. Heather Angel
More Info:
Produced by Wharton Tiers and SY with additional production by Don Fleming, a Thousand Leaves follows up the #1 college hit Washing Machine (which yielded the radio favorite "Diamond Sea"). This 74-minute masterpiece of tonal transcendence marks a new Sonic Youth era as they showcase a progression in all directions, including into pop as well as away from it. 1st radio track/video: "Sunday."Reviews:
''A Thousand Leaves'' is an album by Sonic Youth. It was the group's first major album to be recorded in their private Manhattan studio, dubbed Echo Canyon.
There are several French references on ''A Thousand Leaves''. On the CD label the phrase ''mille feuille'' is crossed out and ''a thousand leaves'' is written under it. The name of the first song, "Contre le Sexisme," means ''against sexism'' in French. "French Tickler" refers to a sex toy of the same name. It was Thurston Moore who came up with the title, which is inspired by Walt Whitman's ''Leaves of Grass''.
''A Thousand Leaves'' peaked at #38 on the UK Album Chart in May 1998. - Wikipedia
