Sonic Nurse is the 13th album by Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004. The cover art was made by renowned artist Richard Prince from his Nurse Paintings series. Furthermore, one of Prince's photographic creations in this series is entitled "Dude Ranch Nurse" which is also the name of a song on this record.
"Pattern Recognition" is based on the 2003 William Gibson novel of the same name. They have used Gibson's work as influence before, notably on a few tracks from Daydream Nation.
"Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" was previously released as "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" on the first Narnack Buddy Series 7".
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| Rolling Stone | 2004-06-24 |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− 2004-06-11 |
| The Guardian | 2004-06-04 |
| Mark Prindle | link |
| Metacritic | (77/100) link |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) 2004-06-07 |
| Prefix | (8.0/10) 2004-06-08 |
| Robert Christgau | A− link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
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