Trees Outside the Academy

Trees Outside the Academy
Studio album by Thurston Moore
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	2007 Amherst, Massachusetts
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:07
Label	Ecstatic Peace!
Producer	John Agnello and Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore chronology
Psychic Hearts (1995) Trees Outside the Academy (2007) Demolished Thoughts (2011)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A–[3]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Stylus magazine	C–[6]

Trees Outside the Academy is an alternative rock album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on 18 September 2007 and was Moore's first solo album since 1995's Psychic Hearts. It was released on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace!. It was recorded with Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.

The recording took place at Dinosaur Jr guitarist J. Mascis' home studio. Mascis also contributed lead guitar for some tracks. It features the track "Thurston @ 13" which is, "Some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s performing some kind of odd sound-theatre."

The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, barely missing the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks by Thurston Moore.

1. "Frozen Gtr." – 4:07
2. "The Shape Is in a Trance" – 4:41
3. "Honest James" – 3:52
4. "Silver>Blue" – 5:52
5. "Fri/End" – 3:33
6. "American Coffin" – 3:58
7. "Wonderful Witches + Language Meanies" – 2:26
8. "Off Work" – 4:14
9. "Never Day" – 4:03
10. "Free Noise Among Friends" – 0:36
11. "Trees Outside the Academy" – 6:07
12. "Thurston@13" – 2:38

Personnel

• Thurston Moore – acoustic & electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano on track 6
• Steve Shelley – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
• Samara Lubelski – violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11
• J Mascis – lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 11
• Gown – electric guitar on track 1 & 9
• John Moloney – drums on track 7
• Christina Carter – vocals on tracks 1 & 3
• Leslie Keffer – noise on track 8

Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[7]	47
French SNEP Albums Chart[8]	176
Norwegian Albums Chart[9]	18
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums[10]	6

References

1. "Trees Outside The Academy by Thurston Moore". metacritic.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. Trees Outside the Academy at AllMusic
5. "Album Reviews". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
7. "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
8. "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
9. "Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
10. "Trees Outside the Academy – Thurston Moore: Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 17, 2013.

External links

• Thurston Moore to Drop 'Trees Outside the Academy' Spin
• Youth gone solo: Thurston readies Mascis-tastic solo LP Drowned in Sound