Trees Outside the Academy
| Trees Outside the Academy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 Amherst, Massachusetts | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Ecstatic Peace! | |||
| Producer | John Agnello and Thurston Moore | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | A− |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Stylus Magazine | C− |
Trees Outside the Academy is the fifth solo studio album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on September 18, 2007, on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace! and 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.