Bad Moon Rising
Album by Sonic Youth
Released	1985
Recorded	September – December, 1984
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	37:33 (original release)
Label	Homestead Records
Producer(s)	Sonic Youth, Martin Bisi, John Erskine
Professional reviews
All Music Guide review Robert Christgau (B) link
Sonic Youth chronology
Sonic Death (1984)	Bad Moon Rising (1985)	EVOL (1986)

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Track listing

Original track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:12
2. "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" – 3:57
3. "Society Is a Hole" – 4:54
4. "I Love Her All the Time" – 8:19
5. "Ghost Bitch" – 4:24
6. "I'm Insane" – 6:56
7. "Justice Is Might" – 2:57
8. "Death Valley '69" – 5:12

Reissue track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:12
2. "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" – 3:57
3. "Society Is a Hole" – 4:54
4. "I Love Her All the Time" – 8:19
5. "Ghost Bitch" – 4:24
6. "I'm Insane" – 6:56
7. "Justice Is Might" – 2:57
8. "Death Valley '69" – 5:12
9. "Satan Is Boring" – 5:12
10. "Flower" – 3:36
11. "Halloween" – 5:12
12. "Echo Canyon" – 1:08

All tracks except 10-11 were recorded and mixed at Before Christ Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.C. between Sept. and Dec. 1984.

Tracks 10-11 were recorded and mixed at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California. January 1985.

Personnel

• Lee Ranaldo
• Kim Gordon
• Thurston Moore
• Bob Bert – drums
• Lydia Lunch – vocals on "Death Valley '69"
• Sonic Youth – producer
• Martin Bisi – engineer, producer (all tracks except 10-11)
• Ethan James – engineer (tracks 10-11)
• John Erskine – producer (all tracks except 10-11)

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Releases

• 1985 - LP - Blast First/Homestead (BFFP L/HMS 016) - Released in US.
• 1985 - LP/CS/CD - Blast First (BFFP 1) - Released in UK.
• 1985 - LP - Torso - Released in DE.
• 1993 - CD - Geffen Records (DBCD 24512) - Released in US.
• 1993 - CD - Geffen Records (GED 24512) - Released in EC.
• 1996 - LP - Rough Trade - Released in UK.

Tracks 9-12 appear only on the CD releases. A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ...

Tracks 10-11 were also released as the Flower/Halloween single. Flower/Halloween is a single by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth released in 1985. ...

The Torso release and original vinyl Homestead release come with a lyric insert. A homestead is: A farm with the buildings around it, see homestead (buildings) Ones legal residence, see homestead (law) An area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²), see homestead (area) and Homestead Act To homestead is to establish ownership of previously unowned property (usually but not exclusively land...