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Dirty Boots

Sonic Youth / Goo

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Sonic Youth

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Album

Goo

Release date

March 21, 1990

Duration

5:29

Genres

Rock

Label

Goofin’ Records

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Songwriters / credits

Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley

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"Dirty Boots" is a song by the American rock band Sonic Youth from their sixth studio album, Goo (1990). It was released as the third and final single from the album in April, 1991, by DGC Records. The song was written and produced by Sonic Youth, with additional production from Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain. The single included five live tracks taken from a concert recorded on November 3, 1990 at University of California, Irvine's Crawford Hall in Irvine, California. The complete show was released in 2019 as "Live In Irvine 1990", with it being part of the Sonic Youth Archive series of digital releases.

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