Hits Are for Squares

Hits Are for Squares
Compilation album by Sonic Youth
Released	June 10, 2008
Recorded	1982–2008
Genre	Noise rock alternative rock experimental rock[1]
Length	76:20
Label	Starbucks
Producer	Various
Sonic Youth compilation album chronology
The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities (2006) Hits Are for Squares (2008)

Hits Are for Squares is a compilation album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in 2008 on Starbucks Music.

Content

The album contains sixteen tracks: the first fifteen were selected by other artists, and the sixteenth is an exclusive new recording by Sonic Youth.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	positive[2]
The New Zealand Herald	[3]
PopMatters	7/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
The Skinny	[6]
Uncut	[7]

Hits Are for Squares was initially only released in America. It received a limited international release on vinyl for Record Store Day 2010.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bull in the Heather" (selected by Catherine Keener, actress; from Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star)
2.	"100%" (selected by Mike D, of Beastie Boys; from Dirty)
3.	"Sugar Kane" (selected by Beck; from Dirty)
4.	"Kool Thing" (selected by Radiohead; from Goo)
5.	"Disappearer" (selected by Portia de Rossi, actress; from Goo)
6.	"Superstar" (selected by Diablo Cody, screenwriter; from If I Were a Carpenter)
7.	"Stones" (selected by Allison Anders, film director; from Sonic Nurse)
8.	"Tuff Gnarl" (selected by Dave Eggers, writer and Mike Watt, bassist; from Sister)
9.	"Teen Age Riot" (selected by Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam's vocalist; from Daydream Nation)
10.	"Shadow of a Doubt" (selected by Michelle Williams, actress; from EVOL)
11.	"Rain on Tin" (selected by Flea, Red Hot Chili Peppers's bassist; from Murray Street)
12.	"Tom Violence" (selected by Gus Van Sant, film director; from EVOL)
13.	"Mary-Christ" (selected by David Cross, comedian; from Goo)
14.	"The World Looks Red" (selected by Chloë Sevigny, actress; from Confusion is Sex)
15.	"Expressway to Yr Skull" (selected by The Flaming Lips; from EVOL)
16.	"Slow Revolution" (exclusive new Sonic Youth recording)

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Hits Are for Squares - Sonic Youth". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
2. Deller, Alex (2011-11-04). "Review of Sonic Youth - Hits Are for Squares". BBC Music. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
3. Kara, Scott (2011-10-15). "Album Review: Sonic Youth, Hits Are For Squares". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
4. Heaton, Dave (2008-07-17). "Sonic Youth: Hits Are for Squares". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
5. "Sonic Youth: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
6. Tasseltine, Austin (2011-10-24). "Sonic Youth - Hits Are For Squares". The Skinny. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
7. "Sonic Youth - Hits Are for Squares CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2013-06-24.