Trees Outside the Academy

Trees Outside the Academy
Studio album by
Thurston Moore
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Recorded2007 Amherst, Massachusetts
GenreAlternative rock
Length46:07
LabelEcstatic Peace!
ProducerJohn Agnello and Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore chronology
Psychic Hearts
(1995) 		Trees Outside the Academy
(2007) 		Demolished Thoughts
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA−[3]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[7]
Pitchfork7.9/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Stylus MagazineC−[6]

Trees Outside the Academy is the second solo studio album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on September 18, 2007, and was Moore's follow-up of 1995's Psychic Hearts. It was released on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace! and recorded with Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.

The recording took place at Dinosaur Jr guitarist J. Mascis' home studio. Mascis also contributed lead guitar for some tracks. It features the track "Thurston @ 13" which is, "Some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s performing some kind of odd sound-theatre."

The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, barely missing the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks by Thurston Moore.

  1. "Frozen Gtr." – 4:07
  2. "The Shape Is in a Trance" – 4:41
  3. "Honest James" – 3:52
  4. "Silver>Blue" – 5:52
  5. "Fri/End" – 3:33
  6. "American Coffin" – 3:58
  7. "Wonderful Witches + Language Meanies" – 2:26
  8. "Off Work" – 4:14
  9. "Never Light" – 4:03
  10. "Free Noise Among Friends" – 0:36
  11. "Trees Outside the Academy" – 6:07
  12. "Thurston@13" – 2:38

Personnel

  • Thurston Moore – acoustic & electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano on track 6
  • Steve Shelley – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
  • Samara Lubelski – violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
  • J Mascis – lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 11
  • Gown – electric guitar on track 1 & 9
  • John Moloney – drums on track 7
  • Christina Carter – vocals on tracks 1 & 3
  • Leslie Keffer – noise on track 8

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[8] 47
French SNEP Albums Chart[9] 176
Norwegian Albums Chart[10] 18
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums[11] 6

References

  1. ^ "Trees Outside The Academy by Thurston Moore". metacritic.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ Trees Outside the Academy at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Thurston Moore | the A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  4. ^ "Thurston: Trees Outside the Academy: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  5. ^ "Album Reviews". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy - Review - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  7. ^ "Consumer Guide: Thurston Moore". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  11. ^ "Trees Outside the Academy – Thurston Moore: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 17, 2013.



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