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Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo is a person, active since 1956. Member of Ciccone Youth, Four Guitars, Glacial, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Kino Kimino, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Lucky Sperms, Sonic Youth, Text of Light, The Million Dollar Bashers.

Lee Ranaldo

Person · Active since 1956

Lee Ranaldo is a musician in the Credits.fm index identified by 1 IPI number and 1 ISNI identifier. A musician is the person or group behind the codes — IPI numbers identify them as a songwriter or publisher, ISNI identifiers as a creative contributor, and their recordings each carry an ISRC.

IPI identities

Lee RanaldoIPI 00121049422MusicBrainz·MLC

ISNI

0000 0001 2130 8328

SourcesMusicBrainzMLC✓2 sources

Last verified: September 13, 2026

Verified on

MusicBrainz artist record
ISNI.org identity 0000000121308328

Identifier Graph

Member of

Ciccone Youth Four Guitars Glacial Glenn Branca Ensemble Kino Kimino Lee Ranaldo and The Dust Lucky Sperms Sonic Youth Text of Light The Million Dollar Bashers

Credit Chain

MusicianLee Ranaldo

ISNI0000 0001 2130 8328

LR

Lee Ranaldo

Ranaldo, Lee

Songwriter · Performer · Producer

Member of Ciccone Youth, Four Guitars, Glacial, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Kino Kimino, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Lucky Sperms, Sonic Youth, Text of Light, The Million Dollar Bashers

IPI: 00121049422 ISNI: 0000 0001 2130 8328

203Recordings

32Works

29Releases

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Credits

(I Got a) Catholic Block

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

(I Got a) Catholic Block

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

[crowd noise]

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

+-

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

100%

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

4′33″

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Acid Books

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

Agnès B Musique

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Albatross

Lee Ranaldo Band, J Mascis

Alice et Simon

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Anagrama

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Androgynous Mind

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Angles

Lee Ranaldo

Be Safe

The Cribs, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Beat on the Brat

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Beauty Lies in the Eye

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Beauty Lies in the Eye

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Beauty Lies in the Eye

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Becuz

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Becuz Coda

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Bone

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Brave Men Run (in My Family)

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Brother James

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Burdocks

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Burning Spear

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Can’t Leave Her Behind

Stephen Malkmus, Lee Ranaldo

acoustic guitarProducer

Catholic Block

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Chapel Hill

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Chinese Jam

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Confusion (Indeed)

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Confusion Is Next

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Contre le sexisme

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

CORCOVADO

Unknown Artist

Cosmopolitan Girl

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Cotton Crown

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Dans les bois / M. Rabier

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Death to Our Friends

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Death Valley ’69

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Dirty Boots

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Disappearer

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Disconnection Notice

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Dripping Dream

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Early American

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Early New York Silver I

Lee Ranaldo, Michael Vallera

Early New York Silver II

Lee Ranaldo, Michael Vallera

Edges

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Expressway to Yr Skull

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Expressway to Yr Skull

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Female Mechanic Now on Duty

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Femme fatale

Émilie Simon, Tim Keegan

Fire Island (Phases)

Lee Ranaldo

Forty Songs

Lee Ranaldo, Michael McClure

Four⁶

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Fragile

Wire

Free City Rhymes

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

French Tickler

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Ghost Bitch

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Hammer Blows

Lee Ranaldo

Harry and Hannah

Lee Ranaldo

Having Never Written a Note for Percussion

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Heather Angel

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Helen Lundeberg

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Herinneringen

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Hoarfrost

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

I Don’t Know Who I Am

The Cribs, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

I Dreamed I Dream

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

I’m Insane

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

I’m Not There

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Improvisation ajoutée

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

In Virus Times, Pt. 1

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

In Virus Times, Pt. 2

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

In Virus Times, Pt. 3

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

In Virus Times, Pt. 4

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Incinerate

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

INFINITE RAIN

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

Inhuman

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Intro

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Intro (track by track)

Louis Tomlinson

Intro / Brave Men Run (In My Family)

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

JC

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Jean-Baptiste à la fenêtre

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Jean-Baptiste et Laetitia

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Junkie’s Promise

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Karen Koltrane

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Karen Revisited

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kill Yr Idols

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kim Chords

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kool Thing

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kotton Krown

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Kotton Krown

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Lightnin’

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Lights Out

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Lost

Lee Ranaldo

Making the Nature Scene

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Master-Dik

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Master-Dik

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Mieux: De Corrosion

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Mirroir

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

Mountains of the Moon

Lee Ranaldo, Lisa Hannigan & Friends

SongwriterPerformer

My Arena

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

NIGHT OF WEBS

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

No Garage

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

No Queen Blues

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Nothing Makes Any Sense

Cline, Giffoni, Licht, Ranaldo

NYC Ghosts & Flowers

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Octopus 1

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Octopus 2

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Octopus 3

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Octopus 4

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Octopus 5

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

Octopus 7

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

Off the Wall

Lee Ranaldo

Our Backyard

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pacific Coast Highway

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pacific Coast Highway

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pacific Coast Highway

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pacific Coast Highway

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Panty Lies

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pattern Recognition

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pièce enfantine

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pipeline / Kill Time

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Pipeline / Kill Time

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Plastic Sun

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Playing in the Band

Tunde Adebimpe, Lee Ranaldo & Friends

SongwriterPerformer

QUIVERING AIR

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Rain on Tin

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Renegade Princess

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Schizophrenia

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Shadow of a Doubt

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Shaking Hell

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

She Is Not Alone

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

She Is Not Alone

Sonic Youth

via Sonic Youth

Shouts

Lee Ranaldo

Spkr Test 3

Lee Ranaldo

Stranded

Lee Ranaldo

Surrender Your Gender

Laura Jane Grace, Lee Ranaldo, Jayne County, Kathi Wilcox, Jay Dee Daugherty, AM Taylor

TANGERINE

BOB EBERLE & HELEN O'CONNELL

TANGERINE

ULRIC HOPZ

TANGERINE

VATO LOCO

TANGERINE (ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY FRANK SINATRA) [KARAOKE VERSION]

STAGESOUND KARAOKE

TECTONIC MANTLE

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

The Callas - Octopus 6

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

The Magic Fruit Of Strangeness

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

The Plains of Waterloo

Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

THRESHING FIELDS

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

Tomorrow Never Comes

Lee Ranaldo

Trouble And Desire

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Waiting on a Dream

Lee Ranaldo

Xtina as I Knew Her

Lee Ranaldo

Γλυκιά Μου Όμορφη

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

Μελανιά

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

SongwriterPerformer

Πετώ

The Callas, Lee Ranaldo

AUXN22489516

Unknown Artist

Musical Works (31)

Albatross0 verifiedT-010162847-0 Fragile0 verifiedT-010630655-1 Remotely0 verifiedT-011452904-2 Mountains of the Moon0 verifiedT-070112898-4 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070118623-3 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070231925-2 FEMME FATALE0 verifiedT-070234015-5 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070240826-1 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070247813-4 MAMA, YOU BEEN ON MY MIND0 verifiedT-070250066-0 On a Rainy Afternoon0 verifiedT-070250290-6 VISIONS OF JOHANNA0 verifiedT-070250306-7 What Kind of Friend Is This?0 verifiedT-070250307-8 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070892678-6 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070910644-4 FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT0 verifiedT-071514429-8 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-072318334-3 Mote0 verifiedT-700045256-4 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-700049573-0 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-700067112-7 TANGERINE0 verifiedT-901840392-4 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-901865260-3 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-902672956-6 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-905680417-2 Jimi0 verifiedT-912728579-4 MOTIVOS0 verifiedT-041049195-0 VOLCAN0 verifiedT-042189133-9 SITTING BY THE WINDOW0 verifiedT-070135769-8 CORCOVADO0 verifiedT-070881172-6 INVITATION0 verifiedT-070906798-0

Groups (10)

Ciccone Youth

Group

Four Guitars

Group

Glacial

Group

Glenn Branca Ensemble

Group

Kino Kimino

Group

Lee Ranaldo and The Dust

Group

Lucky Sperms

Group

Sonic Youth

Group · 1981–2011

Text of Light

Group

The Million Dollar Bashers

Group

Discography (29)

A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

1992 · Musical Tragedies

Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson)

Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson)

1998 · Starlight Furniture Co.

Between the Times and the Tides

Between the Times and the Tides

2012 · Matador

Between the Times and the Tides

Between the Times and the Tides

2012 · Matador

Bloomington, Indiana... Autumn

Bloomington, Indiana... Autumn

2010 · Streamline

Broken Circle / Spiral Hill

Broken Circle / Spiral Hill

1994 · Starlight Furniture Co.

Countless Centuries Fled Into the Distance Like So Many Storms

Countless Centuries Fled Into the Distance Like So Many Storms

2008 · Table Of The Elements

Dirty Windows

Dirty Windows

1998 · Barooni

Early New York Silver

Early New York Silver

2025 · Amish Records

East Jesus: Some Recordings: 1981-1991

East Jesus: Some Recordings: 1981-1991

1995 · Atavistic

Electric Trim

Electric Trim

2017 · Mute

Electric Trim Live at Rough Trade East

Electric Trim Live at Rough Trade East

2018 · Mute

Envisioning

Envisioning

1995 · Knitting Factory Works

Feliz navidad

Feliz navidad

2016

Feliz navidad

Feliz navidad

2016

Four Guitars Live

Four Guitars Live

2006 · Important Records (2)

From Here → Infinity

From Here → Infinity

1987 · SST Records

From Here → Infinity

From Here → Infinity

1988 · SST Records

Fuck Shit Up

Fuck Shit Up

2000 · Les Disques Victo

In Virus Times

In Virus Times

2021

Music for Stage and Screen

Music for Stage and Screen

2005 · Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier

Names of North End Women

Names of North End Women

2020 · Mute

Nothing Makes Any Sense

Nothing Makes Any Sense

2007

Oasis Of Whispers

Oasis Of Whispers

2005 · Alien8 Recordings

Scriptures of the Golden Eternity

Scriptures of the Golden Eternity

1995 · Drunken Fish Records

Take Me Up

Take Me Up

2025

The Celestial Answer

The Celestial Answer

2005

The Gift of Tongues

The Gift of Tongues

1995 · Knitting Factory Works

Trouble and Desire

Trouble and Desire

2018

Publishers

SONIK TOOTH MUSICOriginalPublisherIPI: 00237348950

1 recording

Who is Lee Ranaldo?

Lee Ranaldo is a songwriter and performer, active since 1956. Lee Ranaldo is a member of Ciccone Youth, Four Guitars, Glacial, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Kino Kimino, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Lucky Sperms, Sonic Youth, Text of Light and The Million Dollar Bashers, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.

Our database contains 203 recordings, 32 musical works, and 29 releases credited to Lee Ranaldo. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

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What identifiers does Lee Ranaldo have?+

Lee Ranaldo is identified by IPI 00121049422 and ISNI 0000 0001 2130 8328. IPI numbers identify a songwriter or publisher across collection societies; ISNI identifies a creative contributor across registries.

How many recordings is Lee Ranaldo credited on?+

The index links Lee Ranaldo to 203 recordings and 32 musical works, each carrying its own ISRC. Credits come from the MLC, MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

Is Lee Ranaldo in a group?+

Lee Ranaldo is a member of Ciccone Youth, Four Guitars, Glacial, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Kino Kimino, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Lucky Sperms, Sonic Youth, Text of Light, The Million Dollar Bashers; credits earned through those groups are included in this catalog.

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