Peaked at #44 in Australia and #33 in New Zealand.Released for Australian/New Zealand tour.The band's official site lists the record as having possibly been released on January 22, 1988.Released on CD with Confusion Is Sex by Geffen in 1995.Considered by the band to be their first studio album.Digital-only release from Sonic Youth's Bandcamp page.Recorded at DK KPI, in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 14, 1989.Recorded at the Gypsy Tea Room, in Dallas on June 24, 2006.Recorded at the Austin Music Hall, on Novembver 15, 1995.Recorded at the Bowery Ballroom NYC on October 7, 2001.

Also released as a 2x CD-R release in 2019.

Became more widely available to stream in June 2019.

CD version only released in Japan as a bonus disc to The Eternal.

Vinyl-only release (as a separate album).

Not was a short-lived Blast First imprint.

Limited to 2,000 machine-numbered copies.

Double album featuring tracks from three live sets from 1985: one with.

The Eternal was released three years later in 2009. Rather Ripped and The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides to international singles, and other previously unreleased material. Sonic Youth released Murray Street in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by Sonic Nurse. įorced to start from scratch after its instruments and equipment were stolen, the band released NYC Ghosts & Flowers in 2000. Two years later, the group released Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, and Washing Machine the following year. The band's 1991 tour with the then little-known band Nirvana was documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. In 1990, the band signed to major label DGC Records, and released Goo the same year. The album gained the band increasing critical acclaim and exposure, and the group released Sister and the double LP Daydream Nation in 19, respectively, the latter on Enigma Records. In 1986, Sonic Youth signed to SST Records and released Evol later the same year. Bad Moon Rising was released two years later on Blast First, a label created specifically for Sonic Youth releases. Kill Yr Idols was released the same year under the German label Zensor Records. The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex, released in 1983. In 1981, Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth the next year. You’ll never hear Karen and Richard the same way again.The discography of American rock band Sonic Youth comprises 15 studio albums, seven extended plays, three compilation albums, seven video releases, 21 singles, 46 music videos, ten releases in the Sonic Youth Recordings series, eight official bootlegs, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations. Taken as a whole, If I Were A Carpenter succeeds wonderfully in finding new (and often weird) resonance in one of the most familiar catalogues in pop history. And then there are tracks (such as Cracker’s “Rainy Days And Mondays”) where the mood teeters between parody and homage. Several bands - including Redd Kross and Shonen Knife - don’t bother with such analysis and simply romp through their tunes with reckless abandon. At the other extreme, Sonic Youth picks up on the depressive side of the Carpenters’ work and turns “Superstar” into a suicidal dirge. The Cranberries’ cover of “(They Long To Be) Close To You” and Matthew Sweet’s version of “Let Me Be The One” stick close to the originals.

But their interpretations vary radically, veering from the coyly sentimental to the coolly ironic. Most of the artists contributing to this project seem to be fascinated with the sibling duo’s often-haunting brand of ‘70s-era pop.

Not exactly a tribute album, If I Were A Carpenter (1994) is more like a psycho-aesthetic exploration of Karen and Richard Carpenter’s musical legacy.

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