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A1	(She's In A) Bad Mood - Version	5:27
A2	Protect Me You	5:16
A3	Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog Written-By – The Stooges	3:28
A4	Shaking Hell	4:01
B1	Inhuman	3:49
B2	The World Looks Red Lyrics By – M. Gira*	2:35
B3	Confusion Is Next	3:39
B4	Making The Nature Scene	2:58
B5	Lee Is Free	3:22

Credits

• Drums – Bob Burt* (tracks: A3, B4), Jim Sclavunos (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1-B3, B5)
• Engineer – Wharton Tiers
• Engineer [Assistant] – John Erskine
• Performer – Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore
• Photography [Cover] – Roli Mosimann
• Photography [Insert] – Catherine Bachmann
• Producer – John Erskine, Sonic Youth, Wharton Tiers

Notes

Catalog number is listed on back cover as "neutral nine" and on spine as "n.9".
Includes lyric insert.
Recorded at Wharton's Studio in 8 tracks except: DOG--rec. live at The Pier, Raleigh, N.C., during the SONIC YOUTH/SWANS Savage Blunder Tour--Nov. 1982 and: LEE IS FREE--recorded at Lee's on cassette

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Etched A): N-9A(-2) WHITE NOISE WITH A BEAT
• Matrix / Runout (Etched B): N-9B(-2) CONFUSION IS SEX - KILL YR IDOLS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SSTC 096	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(Cass, Album, RE, Cle)	SST Records	SSTC 096	US	1987
B0013420-01, B0013420-01ST01, ORG 041	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Whi)	Universal Music Special Markets, Universal Music Special Markets, Original Recordings Group	B0013420-01, B0013420-01ST01, ORG 041	US	2010
B0013420-01ST01, ORG 041	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, Ltd, Whi)	Universal Music Special Markets, Original Recordings Group	B0013420-01ST01, ORG 041	US	2010
SSTC 096	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(Cass, Album, RE, Whi)	SST Records	SSTC 096	US	1987
B0013420-01ST02, ORG 041	Sonic Youth	Confusion Is Sex ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Whi)	Universal Music Special Markets, Original Recordings Group	B0013420-01ST02, ORG 041	US	2010

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