Rolling Stone (p.74)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts tunings keep it honest and its anthems keep it thrilling."Rolling Stone (10/89)
- 3.5 Stars - Very Good - Ranked #45 in Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s' survey. Spin (p.100)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "In terms of badass sonics and sentiments, perhaps the greatest art-punk statement ever." Spin (1/89, p.67)
- "...this music is hitting me right where I live..." Q (7/96, p.144)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...regarded by many as the Youth's greatest work....DAYDREAM NATION...contain[s] the glorious, Nirvana-predicting 'Teen Age Riot'..." Uncut (p.94)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[An] avant-rock masterpiece....If it had been recorded yesterday, DAYDREAM NATION would still sound revolutionary." Alternative Press (7/95, p.89)
- Rated #51 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...Sonic Youth's most focused, fully-realized work. This [is] the document of a band at the height of their powers, distilling every lesson they [have] learned in guitar terrorism, songwriting, rock action, and shattering conventions into a sustained series of electrical shocks..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.26)
- Ranked #20 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989" Down Beat (p.72)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Widely hailed as Sonic Youth's masterpiece....DAYDREAM NATION was a lean, graceful blast of subcultural New York writ large..." Melody Maker (5/4/96, p.58)
- "...The mid-period Sonic LPs, specifically SISTER and DAYDREAM NATION, are generally regarded as their most fully realised..." Kerrang (Magazine)
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- "[The album] opened the floodgates for acolytes such as Nirvana....You can practically hear the '90s being invented..." | 
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