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Silver Rocket

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Released
  
1988

Recorded
  
Blast First Records

Length
  
3:47

Format
  
12"

Genre
  
Noise rock

B-side
  
"Slow Death," "I Got a Right"

"Silver Rocket" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1988 album Daydream Nation. Rolling Stone ranked it No. 79 in the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".

Contents

A-side

  1. "Silver Rocket (Live)" by Sonic Youth - In this live version of the song, Thurston Moore changed the second verse, where he makes references to other musicians and pop social icons of the time including J. Mascis and Cher.

B-side

  1. "Slow Death" by The Miracle Workers
  2. "I Got a Right" by The Miracle Workers

References

Silver Rocket Wikipedia