Confusion Is Sex
Album by Sonic Youth
Released	February 1983
Recorded	1982 – 1983
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	35:40
Label	Neutral
Producer(s)	Sonic Youth, Wharton Tiers, John Erskine
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2/5) link Robert Christgau (C+) link
Sonic Youth chronology
Sonic Youth (1982)	Confusion Is Sex (1983)	Kill Yr Idols (1983)

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Track listing

All tracks written by Sonic Youth except as noted.

Original 1983 release

1. "(She's in a) Bad Mood"
2. "Protect Me You"
3. "Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Stooges)
4. "Shaking Hell"
5. "Inhuman"
6. "The World Looks Red"
7. "Confusion Is Next"
8. "Making the Nature Scene"
9. "Lee Is Free (Instrumental)"

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1995 reissue (adds on the Kill Yr. Idols EP)

1. "(She's in a) Bad Mood"
2. "Protect Me You"
3. "Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Stooges)
4. "Shaking Hell"
5. "Inhuman"
6. "The World Looks Red"
7. "Confusion Is Next"
8. "Making the Nature Scene"
9. "Lee Is Free (Instrumental)"
10. "Kill Yr. Idols"
11. "Brother James"
12. "Early American"
13. "Shaking Hell (Live)"

References

• Confusion Is Sex. Sonic Youth Discography. URL accessed on July 7, 2005.