Daydream Nation (2012 Remastered Version)

Stoicactu5

aoty

rollingstone

Loosed on the world in 1988, Daydream Nation made alt-rock a life force. Over two vinyl discs containing just fourteen titles, it fused Sonic Youth's displaced guitar tunings with tunes as hummable as the Beatles' or the Ramones' — a standard they've matched ever since, but never again with quite so much anthemic consistency. The […]

pitchfork

A deluxe, remastered version of the indie rock classic, this original 1988 album was the first full articulation that the underground music of the Reagan era—hardcore punk, high-art avant garde, quirky college rock, DIY, weirdo regional scenes—was converging into a new, exciting Alternative Nation.