Sonic Youth Daydream Nation

5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts tunings keep it honest and its anthems keep it thrilling."
3.5 Stars - Very Good - Ranked #45 in Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s' survey.
5 stars out of 5 -- "In terms of badass sonics and sentiments, perhaps the greatest art-punk statement ever."
"...this music is hitting me right where I live..."
3 Stars - Good - "...regarded by many as the Youth's greatest work....DAYDREAM NATION...contain[s] the glorious, Nirvana-predicting 'Teen Age Riot'..."
5 stars out of 5 -- "[An] avant-rock masterpiece....If it had been recorded yesterday, DAYDREAM NATION would still sound revolutionary."
Rated #51 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...Sonic Youth's most focused, fully-realized work. This [is] the document of a band at the height of their powers, distilling every lesson they [have] learned in guitar terrorism, songwriting, rock action, and shattering conventions into a sustained series of electrical shocks..."
Ranked #20 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989"
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Widely hailed as Sonic Youth's masterpiece....DAYDREAM NATION was a lean, graceful blast of subcultural New York writ large..."
"...The mid-period Sonic LPs, specifically SISTER and DAYDREAM NATION, are generally regarded as their most fully realised..."
"[The album] opened the floodgates for acolytes such as Nirvana....You can practically hear the '90s being invented..."