Artist	Song
Thurston Moore	The Shape Is In a Trance
from Trees Outside the Academy (2007)
Thurston Moore	Honest James
from Trees Outside the Academy (2007)
Thurston Moore	Psychic Hearts
from Psychic Hearts (1995)
Thurston Moore	Ono Soul
from Psychic Hearts (1995)
Thurston Moore	Blood Never Lies
from Demolished Thoughts (Bonus Track Version) (2011)
Thurston Moore	Frozen Gtr
from Trees Outside the Academy (2007)
Thurston Moore	The Promise
from The Promise (2004)
Thurston Moore	Queen Bee and Her Pals
from iTunes Live from SoHo (2008)
Thurston Moore	Staring Statues
from iTunes Live from SoHo (2008)
Thurston Moore	Lonesome
from Sensitive / Lethal (2008)
Thurston Moore	Petite Bone
from Thrash Sabbatical (2007)
Thurston Moore	Patti Smith Math Scratch
from Psychic Hearts (1995)
Thurston Moore	Benediction
from Demolished Thoughts (Bonus Track Version) (2011)
Thurston Moore	Silver>Blue
from iTunes Live from SoHo (2008)
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Thurston Moore & Voafose	101% / Threpton
from Fabulous Shit (1999)

Comment:

Sonic Youth mainstay Thurston Moore recorded his debut solo album in 1994, the same year he and wife Kim Gordon (also in Sonic Youth) had their first child, which may explain the leaning towards pop and away from dissonance on [i]Psychic Hearts[/i] . . . the tracks "Ono Soul" and "Patti Smith Math Scratch" attach musical hero references to lively toe-tapping melodies, quite the leap for an artist who placed himself at rock's avant-garde by doing atonal things with guitars that tend to frighten children. Check out "101% / Threpton" — a collaboration with Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon — if you really want to take your head for a spin, before returning to his second song-based solo outing, [i]Trees Outside the Academy[/i] (2007): the acoustic track "Honest James," a duet with Christina Carter from Charalambides, boasts his habitual off-kilter tunings but may fairly be described as gorgeous.

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