Even as early as ’86 and ’87 we stopped playing ‘Death Valley 69’ and ‘Brave Men Run’ with any regularity.

We’d just get excited about new material coming into the set and songs would get ‘retired’ and wouldn’t get played again for years.

So on this particular night in Brooklyn a lot of those retired songs and deep cuts got dusted off and played for this show.

[3] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing that the band's "chemistry on Live in Brooklyn 2011 is as electrifying as ever" and "on every song, there's a fire and liberation in Sonic Youth's playing that shows, despite the tension within the band at the time, they could still come together to make thrilling music".

[4] Editors at Pitchfork chose this as a Best New Reissue, with critic Stuart Berman rating it an 8.3 out of 10, calling it a "pivotal live album captures a peerless set from a band who knew its days were numbered" and "a holistic 17-track noise opera that enshrines Sonic Youth’s greatest attributes and contradictions".