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- Record Label: Light in the Attic Records
- Release Date: Sep 26, 2011
- Summary: The collection brings together the songs from the South Korean guitarist who entertained soldiers at army bases, produced other musicians' music, and had his music banned by then president Park Chung-Hee.
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- Record Label: Light in the Attic Records
- Genre(s): Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, International, Psychedelic/Garage, Guitar Virtuoso, Acid Rock, North/East Asian Traditions, Korean, Korean Pop, Psychedelic Pop
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Nov 7, 2011All together, this is a very classy compilation, and an essential piece of the global puzzle of 20th century music.
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Oct 5, 2011Ultimately, Beautiful Rivers and Mountains is more than a mere curiosity piece; for all its easy-to-recognize styles, Shin's way of enmeshing them into something original underscores rather than erases their strangeness and splendor--even to widely exposed Western ears--making this is an excellent introduction to his work.
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MojoOct 5, 2011The 14 tracks here represent just a fraction of what he produced in his prime, so beware that it may be habit forming. [Oct 2011, p.110]
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Oct 6, 2011As a collection of Hyun's best work Beautiful Rivers and Mountains works well, though it seems to be a bit limited in scope.
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Under The RadarNov 9, 2011Light in the Attic has done an incredible job assembling hard-to-find tracks to create this compilation. [Oct. 2011, p. 110]
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UncutOct 18, 2011It's far from perfect, but still one hell of a trip. [Oct 2011, p.89]
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The WireDec 6, 2011In truth most of it is middling stuff. [Oct 2011, p.62]