Sonic Youth “Dirty” released on this date, July 21st, 1992. Unfortunately not on vinyl, but I did buy this CD in the fall of ‘92 when CD’s were pretty much all that was available and played it nonstop during my senior year at college. I was super into them at the time, having seen Sonic Youth in ‘91 when they toured with Social Distortion and Neil Young. Produced by Butch Vig, Dirty was Sonic Youth’s 7th studio album and their first kinda breakthrough: it charted at #83 in the US and hit #6 in the UK. Sonic Youth released four singles: “100%” (#4 US Modern Rock chart, #28 UK), “Youth Against Fascism” (#52 UK), “Sugar Kane” (#25 UK) and “Drunken Butterfly.” “Drunken Butterfly” is one of my favorite songs on the album and apparently the lyrics are lifted from a bunch of Heart songs; the original title was supposed to be “Barracuda” but SY changed it to “Drunken Butterfly” because it kinda sounded like the Heart track “Dog & Butterfly.” I also really like “Swimsuit Issue” (about sexual harassment), “Shoot” and the punk-crazed “Nic Fit.”