Hits Are for Squares

Hits Are for Squares
A man in a suit is seated inside a Starbucks shop listening to music through his headphones. The photo is set at night with the city lights illuminating from the background. Sonic Youth and Hits Are for Square are written in capitalized tan text at the top of the cover.
Greatest hits album by
Sonic Youth
ReleasedJune 10, 2008 (2008-06-10)
Recorded1982–2008
Genre
Length76:09
LabelStarbucks Entertainment
ProducerTim Ziegler
Sonic Youth chronology
SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes
(2008) 		Hits Are for Squares
(2008) 		SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
(2008)

Hits Are for Squares is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 10, 2008, by Starbucks Entertainment. The album features 15 songs spanning Sonic Youth's career since the release of their debut studio album in 1983, Confusion Is Sex. It also includes one new song: "Slow Revolution". The band intended to create a compilation album that appealed to the casual consumer.

Hits Are for Squares received acclaim from critics, who noted it as a strong introduction to the band's music.

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