The Eternal (album)

The Eternal
Studio album by
Sonic Youth
ReleasedJune 9, 2009
RecordedNovember–December 2008 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Genre
Length56:25
LabelMatador
ProducerJohn Agnello
Sonic Youth chronology
SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
(2008) 		The Eternal
(2009) 		SYR9: Simon Werner a disparu
(2011)
Sonic Youth studio album chronology
Rather Ripped
(2006) 		The Eternal
(2009)
Singles from The Eternal
  1. "Sacred Trickster"
    Released: April 9, 2009
  2. "Antenna"
    Released: July 9, 2009

The Eternal is the fifteenth and final studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 9, 2009, by Matador Records, their first and only on that label. It was their first studio album in three years (since Rather Ripped), making it the band's longest delay between studio albums.

The Eternal was the band's highest-charting album of their career in the United States, peaking at No. 18 on the Billboard 200.