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- Summary: This is the Buffalo, NY band's follow-up to their acclaimed 1998 release 'Deserter's Songs.'
- Record Label: V2
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 23
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Mixed: 2 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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Make no mistake, this album sounds incredible: cascading orchestrations, pulsating and instantly memorable tunes, an atmosphere that's both accessible and palpably psychedelic.
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MojoIf anything, surpasses its illustrious predecessor. [Sep 2001, p.98]
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Though their approach hasn't changed from the radically orchestral turn of 1998's Deserter's Songs, these songs are far more personal than their last set.
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BlenderNot as revelatory as Deserter's Songs, but a worthy (and lovely) companion piece. [Aug/Sep 2001, p.125]
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Mercury Rev has not only matched the Herculean effort of Deserter's Songs, they've surpassed it.
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Their most precise work yet - it's both musically decorous and lyrically savage... But high-pitched repetition of the music and the inaccessibility of the lyrics means that all but the most seriously baked listener has to work to meet the band on their shifting, obscure landscape.
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This fine album contains several striking songs (notably “The Dark Is Rising” and “Nite and Fog”), but it suffers in comparison to the artistic breakthrough of its immediate predecessor.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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NealM.Dec 20, 2001Absolutely amazing.
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WodekS.Oct 25, 2001All is rock. A triumph.
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PeterMDec 9, 2004Great album!
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UlrichAug 11, 2008
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rogerthatoOct 21, 2006
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