Released: 2009

"The Eternal" is the sixteenth studio album by Sonic Youth, released by Matador Records on June 9, 2009, their first 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 album peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200 and was the band's highest charting album of their career in the United States and highest charting album since 1994's "Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star", which reached #34. The album was released digitally, on CD, and as a double LP, in both a standard and a "Buy Early Get Now" (BEGN) edition. The cover art was painted by John Fahey. The album is dedicated to Ron Asheton. Read more on Last.fm.