Confusion Is Sex

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Confusion Is Sex
Confusion Is Sex cover
Studio album by Sonic Youth
Released February 1983
Recorded 1982 – 1983
Genre Alternative rock
Length 35:40
Label Neutral
Producer(s) Sonic Youth,
Wharton Tiers,
John Erskine
Professional reviews

Original 1983 release:

1995 reissue:
Sonic Youth chronology

Sonic Youth
(1982)
Confusion Is Sex
(1983)
Kill Yr Idols
(1983)


Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youth's first full length album, originally released in 1983. It was reissued in 1995 on DGC with extra tracks from the Kill Yr Idols EP. The album features a live cover of the The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog. The cover image is a sketch by bassist Kim Gordon of guitarist Thurston Moore. This image was used on gig posters early in the band's career.

Contents

All tracks written by Sonic Youth except as noted.

  1. "(She's in a) Bad Mood" (lyrics/vocals Thurston) – 5:36
  2. "Protect Me You" (lyrics/vocals Kim) – 5:28
  3. "Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Stooges) (vocals Kim) – 3:39
  4. "Shaking Hell" (lyrics/vocals Kim) – 4:06
  5. "Inhuman" (lyrics/vocals Thurston) – 4:06
  6. "The World Looks Red" (lyrics Michael Gira, vocals Thurston) – 2:43
  7. "Confusion Is Next" (lyrics/vocals Thurston) – 3:28
  8. "Making the Nature Scene" (lyrics/vocals Kim) – 3:01
  9. "Lee Is Free" – 3:37

The reissue adds on the Kill Yr. Idols EP.

  1. "(She's in a) Bad Mood" – 5:36
  2. "Protect Me You" – 5:28
  3. "Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Stooges) – 3:39
  4. "Shaking Hell" – 4:06
  5. "Inhuman" – 4:06
  6. "The World Looks Red" – 2:43
  7. "Confusion Is Next" – 3:28
  8. "Making the Nature Scene" – 3:01
  9. "Lee Is Free (Instrumental)" – 3:37
  10. "Kill Yr. Idols" (lyrics/vocals Thurston) – 2:51
  11. "Brother James" (lyrics/vocals Kim) – 3:17
  12. "Early American" (lyrics/vocals Kim) – 6:07
  13. "Shaking Hell (Live)" – 3:15

Sonic Youth
Kim Gordon | Thurston Moore | Lee Ranaldo | Steve Shelley
Jim Sclavunos | Richard Edson | Bob Bert | Jim O'Rourke | Coco Hayley Gordon Moore
Discography
Albums Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex| Sonic Death | Bad Moon Rising | EVOL | Sister | The Whitey Album | Daydream Nation | Goo | Dirty | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Washing Machine | Made in USA | A Thousand Leaves | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Murray Street | Sonic Nurse | Rather Ripped | The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
Extended plays Kill Yr Idols | TV Shit | Silver Session for Jason Knuth | In the Fishtank
SYR series SYR1: Anagrama | SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century | SYR5 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
Singles Death Valley '69 | Flower/Halloween | Flower/Satan Is Boring | Starpower | Into the Groove(y) | Teen Age Riot | Kool Thing | Disappearer | Dirty Boots | 100% | Youth Against Fascism | Sugar Kane | Drunken Butterfly | Bull in the Heather | Superstar | The Diamond Sea | Little Trouble Girl | Sunday
Video releases 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002
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