A Thousand Leaves is an album by Sonic Youth, released May 12, 1998, and perhaps best represents Sonic Youth's move from grunge style rock to a more distinctive sound. The songs are simple and medolic, and just all around soothing, as is perhaps made most evident by the tracks 'Sunday' and 'Hoarfrost'.

Track listing

  1. Contre le Sexisme (Sonic Youth) - 3:52
  2. Sunday (Sonic Youth) - 4:52
  3. Female Mechanic Now on Duty (Sonic Youth) - 7:44
  4. Wild Flower Soul (Sonic Youth) - 9:01
  5. Hoarfrost (Sonic Youth) - 4:58
  6. French Tickler (Sonic Youth) - 4:50
  7. Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg) (Sonic Youth) - 10:59
  8. Karen Koltrane (Sonic Youth) - 9:18
  9. The Ineffable Me (Sonic Youth) - 5:18
  10. Snare, Girl (Sonic Youth) - 6:38
  11. Heather Angel (Sonic Youth) - 6:06

Personnel

  • Lee Ranaldo - Guitar, Voices
  • Sonic Youth - Producer
  • Greg Calbi - Mastering
  • Don Fleming - Producer
  • Kim Gordon - Bass, Guitar, Voices
  • Thurston Moore - Guitar, Voices
  • Steve Shelley - Drums
  • Wharton Tiers - Producer
  • Frank Olinsky
  • Mark Borthwick - Photography, Lettering
  • Marnie Weber - Artwork