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Dirty by Sonic Youth
Dirty is an album by Sonic Youth, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 33 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “100%”, on 20 lists with a best position of #23.
Dirty, Sonic Youth's seventh album and their second double, hit the racks on DGC on July 21, 1992. Goo had done well, Nevermind and Blood Sugar Sex Magik had just kicked the doors open, and the band co-produced this one with Butch Vig at the Magic Shop early that year. It's the most grunge-minded record they ever made: Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo's guitars still grind and squeal in their odd tunings, but the songs hit like rock songs, with Kim Gordon snarling and Steve Shelley pounding.
"100%" led off the singles and charted, though it never became the crossover smash the label hoped for; "Youth Against Fascism", "Sugar Kane" and "Drunken Butterfly" followed. The album went to number six in Britain and 83 in the States.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Dirty on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100% | 20 | #23 | – | 1992–2024 | |
| 2 | Sugar Kane | 11 | #17 | – | 1992–2023 | |
| 3 | Youth Against Fascism | 1 | #7 | – | 1992 | |
| 4 | Theresa's Sound World | 1 | #26 | – | 1992 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.