WTF? My sister bought Rather Ripped today...
 

i thought the release - date is on 13 June ?????

hmm, well that's the american/Canadian release date. Maybe it was released sooner elsewhere. Good on you though!

Maybe it wasn't a legal copy. Certain people can get hold of cd's and dvd's before they are released and sell them for cheaper. I remember this because my mum did this with a Will Smith album for me because I couldn't wait (many years ago). However everyone just downloads now if they want music before the release date so I'm not sure. Maybe the release dates are different everywhere. Or your sister got very lucky. Where did she but it from?

hmmmm..... i thought europe has the same release date......whatever
the european rather ripped cd has got a Bonus Track : Helen Lundeberg.

EDIT: she bought it in a commercial music-store

choice bonus track... i'm waiting to get it on wax

The Euro edition has Helen Lundeberg as a bonus, but the UK edition has both of the 7" tracks as bonuses, while the Japanese version goes even further and adds a third bonus track in the shape of a "Psychedlic Mix" of Do You Beleive in Rapture.

The reason for this is that non-Americans are far more deserving of Sonic wonderousness than the Americans.

why dont they just put those tracks on ALL copies of the album??? i dont get it...

I've read that albums cost more in countries foreign to america so the buyers expect more. I don't know.

that's the rationale, but it doesn't change the fact that Helen Lundeberg could have been readily subsituted for What A Waste or Jams Run Free.

it's out today in Ireland
and the bonus tracks are Eyeliner and Helen Lundeberg

I haven't heard either of them so I can't comment on the quality of the tracks.

i didnt see it in shops here, oh well only a like 12 days left till it comes out

WHAT? out in ireland. i'm going to town 2morrow then. can't wait!

so you and yr. sister r listening and like sonic youth? that's nice.

Anyone want to show the back/disc/insert artwork please?

this is the pic inside (under the cd, i hope you understand ??)

It looks like Kim has an apron on and Lee looks like Liam Neeson with a beard from what I can see in that tiny photo.

http://play.com/Music/CD/4-/1027921/...d/Product.html
I just bought mine off play.com for £9! How cheap is that?! It says it's in stock too so it must be out in the uk already

its ment to be out in the u.k on monday. my housemate works in a recordshop (musiczone) & they got theres delivered on thursday just gone, so they might be some under the counter copies (if you know what i mean) floatin around.

sleepin around is one of my favs. i also have grown to like do you believe in rapture? thurston's voice on that one is quite moving. i think that commercial store might've broken da law. cuz anyone can just record the tracks that are streaming on sy.com and burn em onto a mp3 cd.

I'd be happy as shit if one of my sister bought a SY record.

Me three!

lundeberg and eyeliner are a lot better than rather ripped in MY OPINION (currently drunk). £9 for the CD including these tracks! damn, I spent £5 on the 7" of the bonus tracks alone. I planned to get Rather Ripped on wax.. i'm not that sure about it... i guess i will... it just doesn't seem that vital to me

I'm going to get the vinyl, I already stole the mp3s though.

see my crackin up thread for my opinion!!!! 2 weeks early seems a lot and it was scheduled for a 13 june release in europe!

yeah, it's true. i bought it 2day. funny..in hmv there's like a promotional panel with most of the sy previous releases for like 9.99 eur and in the middle is new lp. i saw one guy (evidently happy with the 9.99 price) deciding between washing machine and murray street hehe. finally bought it it towers, coz still have some vouchers from tower records.

WHAT ABOUT Thurston Moore - Psychic Heart on vinyl? Is it out yet? Totally forgot to check that out. I saw 1st. ep and ciccone on vinyl, but not psychic hearts couple weeks ago. is it delayed?

your avatar, sir.

for a moment i thought i was checking out the silent hill heaven forum.
then i realized all the blue.

dude, you're the first one out there. SH is life, you know?

The albums in France cost around 15 euros at the least (in good stores) and generally 20, so that's why a song or 2 plus the unversal package is always cool.

I bought it this morning (italy)- 20.90 euros-canonical-shitty price.
helen lundeberg as bonus track.
quite a sterile booklet.
I was surprised... it was not even in the "new records" section!

The Sonic Youth store will have a pre-sale of Rather Ripped on CD and Vinyl starting Tuesday, June 6. Orders will ship on the release date, June 13. Check it out here.

Pre-sale orders are also being taken for Thurston's Psychic Hearts on vinyl which will ship on June 13.

I bought mine today.

its out in Australia! saw it on the shelves of JB Hi_fi over the weekend. some places do get an earlier release date but its usually only a few days earlier...but hey,i'm not complaining here! hehe

i bought it a few minutes ago...

I bought it today - the 'Special Edition', it says, with two extra tracks.

It sounded good on the streaming, but of course it sounds even better through a better system. Nice.

thats fun. i bought illegal copy of nurse a week before the release date. i'm gonna check this guys crappy shop again today. i have ordered a copy from a friend in spain too. otherwise i have to wait for months.

I just got my vinyl in the mail from Midheaven, and I'm almost through Reena. I think I would've gotten it sooner, because I paid for Priority but they sent it Media Mail. Anyway, so far, so rad!

My online pre-ordered copy shipped today so I should have it by this weekend! Im so excited because I still haven't heard it!