Tracklist Hide Credits

1	(She's In A) Bad Mood	5:36
2	Protect Me You	5:28
3	Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog Drums [I Wanna Be Your Dog] – Bob BertWritten-By – The Stooges	3:39
4	Shaking Hell	4:06
5	Inhuman	4:02
6	The World Looks Red Written-By – M. Gira*	2:43
7	Confusion Is Next	3:28
8	Making The Nature Scene Drums – Bob Bert	3:01
9	Lee Is Free	3:37
Kill Yr. Idols
10	Kill Yr. Idols	2:51
11	Brother James	3:17
12	Early American	6:07
13	Shaking Hell (Live)	3:17

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – BMG
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Geffen Records
• Copyright (c) – Geffen Records
• Published By – Sonic Tooth
• Published By – Stooge Staffel Music
• Pressed By – Sonopress – K3530
• Recorded At – Wharton's Studio
• Recorded At – The Pier
• Recorded At – Plugg Club

Credits

• Drums – Jim Sclavunos (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9)
• Engineer – Wharton Tiers (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Engineer [Assistant] – John Erskine (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Liner Notes – Greil Marcus
• Performer – Bob Bert (tracks: 10 to 13), Jim Sclavunos (tracks: 10 to 13), Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore
• Photography By – Catherine Bachman*
• Producer – John* (tracks: 1 to 9), Sonic Youth, Wharton* (tracks: 1 to 9), Wharton Tiers (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Producer [Assistant] – John Erskine (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Written-By – Sonic Youth (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 13)

Notes

Reissue of the 1983 first full length album with four bonus tracks from that era : three (10 to 12) from the Kill Yr. Idols EP and a live rendition of 'Shaking Hell'.

All songs published ©1983 Sonik Tooth (adm. by Zomba Songs, Inc.) BMI except "Freezer Burn"/"I Wanne Be Your Dog" published by Stooge Staffel BMI.

• Confusion Is Sex
Recorded at Wharton's Studio in 8 tracks except track 3 rec. live at The Pier, Raleigh, N.C., during the Sonic Youth/Swans Savage Blunder Tour--Nov. 1982 and: track 9 recorded at Lee's on cassette.

• Kill Yr. Idols
Side 2 (tracks 10 to 12) rec direct to 2 track Oct 83.
Side 1 from the Confusion Is Sex LP Feb 83.
Track 13 rec live, Plugg Club NYC Oct 15 83
The whole thing rec. at Wharton's Studio N.Y.C.

© ℗ 1983 Geffen Records.
Distributed by BMG.
Made in the EC.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 7 20642 45112 0
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): SONOPRESS K3530/ GED 24511 B
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): SONOPRESS K3530/ GED 24511 A
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L023
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI 0764
• Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
• Label Code: LC 7266
• Price Code (France): BM 720

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DGCD-24511	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols) ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	DGC	DGCD-24511	US	1995
MVCG-21013, GEFD-24511	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols) ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Geffen Records, Geffen Records	MVCG-21013, GEFD-24511	Japan	1995
GED 24511	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE)	Geffen Records	GED 24511	Italy	Unknown
GED 24511, 424 511-2	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols) ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE, RP)	Geffen Records, Geffen Records	GED 24511, 424 511-2	UK & Europe	Unknown
DGCD-24511	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols) ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE)	DGC	DGCD-24511	US	Unknown

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