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32-672: DDN may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment [ edit ] Daydream Nation , a music album by Sonic Youth Dayton Daily News , a daily newspaper in Dayton, Ohio, US Digital Delivery Network , a service of the Community Radio Network in Australia Digital Distribution Netherlands , a Dutch digital music distributor Double Down News , an alternative media outlet in

64-508: A double album . Sonic Youth recorded Daydream Nation at New York's Greene Street basement studio. The studio's engineer, Nick Sansano , was accustomed to working with hip hop artists. Sansano did not know much about Sonic Youth, but he was aware the band had an aggressive sound, so he showed the band members his work on Public Enemy 's " Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos " and Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock 's " It Takes Two ". The group embraced

96-525: A drawing of a demonic–angelic baby holding drumsticks for Shelley. Daydream Nation was released on October 18, 1988, in compact disc, cassette and double vinyl formats. It did not chart in the United States, but reached No. 99 on the British albums chart . Three singles with accompanying music videos were also released: " Teen Age Riot " (in 1988 on 12-inch vinyl and CD), "Providence" (in

128-477: A five-out-of-five rating, enthusing that Sonic Youth were "the best band in the universe". At the end of 1988, Daydream Nation appeared in several lists of the year's best albums, being ranked at No. 2 by Rolling Stone , No. 1 by CMJ , and No. 9 by NME . It was also voted the year's second best record in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop poll, which made the band realize that

160-460: Is a similar Richter painting from 1982. The vinyl version's four sides and the compact disc inner tray contain four symbols each representing one of the members of the band, in an homage to—and parody of—the four symbols from the fourth Led Zeppelin album . The symbols are infinity (∞) for Ranaldo (referencing his 1987 album From Here to Infinity ), female (♀) for Gordon, uppercase omega (Ω) for Moore (referencing Leo , his zodiac sign), and

192-582: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Daydream Nation After Daydream Nation was released, it received widespread acclaim from critics and earned Sonic Youth a major label deal. The album was ranked high in critics' year-end lists of 1988's best records, being voted second in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop poll. Daydream Nation has since been widely considered to be Sonic Youth's greatest work , as well as one of

224-503: The " Holy Trinity " of early indie rock double albums with Hüsker Dü 's Zen Arcade and Minutemen 's Double Nickels on the Dime , judging that the three works "together mark a period of unprecedented creative expansion in terms of the possibilities of underground (or otherwise) American rock music". In a retrospective review for AllMusic , Stephen Thomas Erlewine deemed it "a masterpiece of post-punk art rock " that demonstrated

256-559: The "Trilogy" both as a reference to ZZ Top and because it is the closing piece on the disc. Daydream Nation ' s title came from a lyric in the song "Hyperstation". Sonic Youth had also considered the title Tonight's the Day , from a lyric in "Candle", which made reference to Neil Young 's 1975 album Tonight's the Night . The cover for Daydream Nation features the 1983 Gerhard Richter painting Kerze (" Candle "). The back cover art

288-508: The "influential quartet", while presenting "the definitive American guitar band of the Eighties at the height of its powers and prescience". The British music press also embraced Daydream Nation : Q magazine said the record made an "enthralling noise"; the NME called it the "most radical and political album of the year" and awarded it a maximum score of ten; and Record Mirror gave it

320-458: The 1980s with its combination of "hypnotic guitar jams and some of the band's best, straight-ahead tunes". Reviewing the 2007 deluxe edition, Christgau credited Daydream Nation for making alternative rock "a life force" and remarked that, along with the "vital" bonus disc, the album remained an honest and thrilling listen because of its musical tunings and anthemic songs about post-irony and "confusion-as-sex". In Spin , Will Hermes said it

352-544: The 1980s" and No. 45 on the Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. The Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995) named it the ninth best alternative album, and it was ranked 11th on Guitarist ' s 2000 list of the 101 essential guitar records. In 2003, the album was placed at No. 328 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums ever , and again in 2012, with

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384-495: The Rain King —and the aforementioned "Eric's Trip". " Providence " consisted of a piano solo by Moore recorded at his mother's house using a Walkman , the sound of a Peavey Roadmaster amp overheating and a pair of telephone messages left by Mike Watt , calling for Moore from a Providence, Rhode Island payphone, dubbed over one another. The title of "The Wonder" comes from crime fiction writer James Ellroy 's phrase about

416-641: The UK Dustin's Daily News , a comedic current affairs TV show Computing [ edit ] DataDirect Networks , a data storage company Defense Data Network , a separate instantiation of the ARPANET used by the U.S. Department of Defense from 1983 to 1995 Dot-decimal notation , a human readable way to write IPv4 internet addresses Other uses [ edit ] Dehradun railway station (station code), India Digital Divide Network , an online community of activists Topics referred to by

448-501: The United Kingdom in 1989), "Candle" (October 1989 on 12-inch vinyl), and a live version of " Silver Rocket " for subscribers to Forced Exposure . The song "Teen Age Riot" was popular on alternative radio and reached No. 20 on Billboard 's newly created Modern Rock Tracks chart. Sonic Youth also promoted the album with a North American tour from October to December 1988, concentrating almost exclusively on material from

480-442: The album an "A" grade in The Village Voice , Robert Christgau believed that while the band were embracing a "happy-go-lucky careerism and four-on-the-floor maturity", their relentlessly discordant music was "a philosophical triumph". Rolling Stone ' s Robert Palmer rated it three-and-a-half stars out of five and said it demonstrated "the broad harmonic palette, sharply honed songwriting skills and sheer exhilarating drive" of

512-522: The album as "our first non-econo record". Daydream Nation is generally considered an avant-rock , alternative rock , indie rock , art punk , and post-punk album, with the record being notable for its unorthodox guitar tuning and song structure, with many songs concluding with lengthy instrumental sections. The album is especially notable for being a significant influence for later alternative and indie rock efforts and genres, including well-known grunge band Nirvana . Lyrics include topics of burnout,

544-561: The album being ranked number 171 in the 2020 edition. Daydream Nation was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry in 2006. PopMatters included it in their list of the "12 Essential 1980s Alternative Rock Albums", saying it was "an ambitious double album that saw Sonic Youth's various influences coalescing into a striking, searing whole". The album

576-435: The album had made an impact. Christgau, the poll's creator and supervisor, named it the fourth best album of 1988 in his own list. Daydream Nation has continued to earn acclaim and accolades. According to Matthew Stearns, writer of the 33⅓ book dedicated to the album, it has been "resoundingly canonized as a breakthrough landmark in the chronicles of avant-rock expression". Stearns wrote that Daydream Nation comprised

608-643: The album. In 1989, they took the tour to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the USSR and Europe, finishing the year with their first network television appearance—on the syndicated Night Music —playing "Silver Rocket". In 2007 they played the album live as part of the Don't Look Back concert series, and then toured with it through Europe and Australia into 2008. Daydream Nation received overwhelming acclaim from contemporary critics. Billboard called it "the supreme fulfillment" of Sonic Youth's "fullbore technique". Giving

640-503: The center of an empty field/Joni's in the tall grass/She's a beautiful mental jukebox, a sailboat explosion/A snap of electric whipcrack". This song also alludes to the works of William Gibson's Neuromancer with the line "In this broken town, can you still jack in/And know what to do?" These feature similarly on Ranaldo's two other songs on the album, the rarely played "Rain King"—an homage to Pere Ubu and perhaps Saul Bellow 's Henderson

672-558: The degree of which "noise and self-conscious avant art can be incorporated into rock, and the results are nothing short of stunning". Jon Matsumoto of the Los Angeles Times called it the band's masterpiece and said they had developed first-rate songwriting skills to complement their penchant for dissonant instrumentation. Greg Kot , writing in the Chicago Tribune , called it one of the most recognizable albums of

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704-419: The end, when Paul Smith , the head of the band's British label Blast First , had set a mastering date of August 18. As a result of the time pressure, Kim Gordon was not happy with some of her vocal takes. The band spent a whole night creating a final mix for the three-song "Trilogy" so it could be mastered the following morning. The record ultimately cost $ 30,000 ($ 79,765 in 2024), which led Moore to refer to

736-432: The greatest albums of all time, specifically having a profound influence on the alternative and indie rock genres. It was chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Recording Registry in 2005. Sonic Youth's standard songwriting method involved Thurston Moore bringing in melody ideas and chord changes that the band would spend several months fashioning into full-length songs. Instead of paring

768-466: The ineffable mystery at the heart of Los Angeles; in Moore's words, "the wonder" is what "for better and worse, inspires [Ellroy] to keep going, to get out of bed every day." The closing track "Eliminator Jr." was inspired by the "Preppie Killer", Robert Chambers . It was thus titled because the band felt it sounded like a cross between Dinosaur Jr. and Eliminator -era ZZ Top . It was given part "z" in

800-605: The music industry, and the crack epidemic of the late 1980s . "The Sprawl" was inspired by the works of science fiction writer William Gibson , who used the term to refer to a future mega-city stretching from Boston to Atlanta (specifically from the Sprawl Trilogy ). The lyrics for the first verse were lifted from the novel The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson . "'Cross the Breeze" features some of Gordon's most intense singing, with such lyrics as "Let's go walking on

832-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title DDN . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DDN&oldid=1105799366 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

864-400: The songs down as the group did with previous records, the months-long writing process for Daydream Nation resulted in long jams , some lasting over half an hour. Several friends of the band, including Henry Rollins , had praised the band's long live improvisations and told the group that its records never captured them. With Moore on a writing spree, the album ultimately had to be expanded to

896-413: The sound of the records. Sonic Youth booked three weeks of recording time at Greene Street's Studio A, starting in mid-July 1988. The band paid $ 1,000 (about $ 2,659 in 2024) per day of studio time, which was the most they had paid to record an album up to that point. Due to the amount of preparation the band put into composing its music, the recording process was efficient. The session became rushed near

928-524: The water/Now you think I'm Satan's daughter/I wanna know, should I stay or go?/I took a look into your hate/It made me feel very up to date". "Eric's Trip" has lyrics pertaining to Eric Emerson 's LSD -fueled monologue in the Andy Warhol movie Chelsea Girls . "Hey Joni" is titled as a tribute to rock standard " Hey Joe " and to Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell . It is sung by Ranaldo, and has surrealist lyrics such as "Shots ring out from

960-441: Was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . " Daydream Nation ," remarked David Bowie , "is an extraordinary album." All tracks are written by Sonic Youth ( Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley ) A deluxe edition of Daydream Nation was released in 2007, containing live versions of every track on the album, plus studio recordings of some cover songs. A 4-LP vinyl version

992-443: Was perhaps "the greatest art-punk statement ever", while John Mulvey from Uncut called it a still radical "avant-rock masterpiece". In 2002, Pitchfork ranked Daydream Nation No. 1 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s (the album dropped to No. 7 in the 2018 list ). It also placed at No.13 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums from 1985 to 2010, No. 30 on Slant Magazine ' s "Best Albums of

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1024-488: Was released on July 17, 2007. The four-LP vinyl release of the deluxe edition has a slightly different track listing than the CD release. The first two LPs have the same track listing as the original double-LP release. However, the home demo of "Eric's Trip" is at the end of the fourth LP, rather than falling immediately after the original album. Bibliography Double album Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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