Sonic Nurse is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004, by Geffen Records. The album's cover art was designed by artist Richard Prince from his Nurse Paintings series. Furthermore, one of Prince's photographic creations in this series was titled "Dude Ranch Nurse", which is also the name of a song on this record. "Pattern Recognition" was based on the 2003 William Gibson novel of the same name. Sonic Youth had used Gibson's work as an influence before, notably on a few tracks from Daydream Nation (1988). "Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Read more on Last.fm.
