- Record Label: Capitol
- Release Date: Aug 1, 2000
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Without a doubt one of the best pop records of the year.
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A stoner's paradise from start to finish. Most pleasurable.
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A real piece of art, with an unmistakably original sound and incisive storytelling.
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A rousing, enjoyable pastiche from start to finish, Thirteen Tales is an awful lot of fun...
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They may not always transcend their influences, but even when they don't, they make wallowing in them a helluva lot of fun.
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While their previous albums have always had great songs, with this latest set they've managed to place them in the right order, creating a truly impressive journey...
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An 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll.... Thirteen Tales may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year.
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There isn't the slightest pause between any of the tracks on Thirteen Tales, just one big schmeer of good-rockin' vibes cresting and troughing for the length of this ode to, well, hipness.
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A bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs. Where their earlier albums were eclectic to the point of being scattershot, this release manages to limit the band's style-switching to dreamy, sweeping epics like "Godless" and "Nietzsche"; sussed, sleazy power pop like "Horse Pills" and "Cool Scene"; and country and gospel ventures like "Country Leaver" and "The Gospel."
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Alternative PressA scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision. [#146, p.86]
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Akin to a perfectly plotted soundtrack to an unplanned psychedelic journey - multi-dimensional and anything you want it to be.
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One of the better albums released this year...
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After a while, the whirling atmospherics give way to the Dandys' dorkier tendencies: the jaunty chuggers, Taylor's dissolute mannerisms, the quirky little twists and tricks.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 26
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Negative: 3 out of 26
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Jul 28, 2011
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DanielW.May 17, 2008Brilliant.