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With its illusory, ethereal production, wistful melodies, and oft-funereal pace, this is one of those rare albums that can completely absorb you in such a way as to almost dissolve the world around you, and make you feel like you've been transported to another realm of existence within the course of 58 minutes.
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Plays like a musical companion piece to Richard Linklater's film Waking Life.
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Ambivalent and unexceptional.
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MojoA wealth of gorgeous melodies and hallucinogenic kitchen-sink orchestrations. [Dec 2001, p.98]
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A completely out-of-control garage-folk-psych-pop record that is always in control and is neither garagey nor folky nor psychedelic nor pop.
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Bold, adventurous, whimsical and witty, this debut offering from Circulatory System proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there are still signs of life to be found in the Elephant 6 collective.
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UncutThe acid-daze reveries are rich in detail, thought the baleful undertow and samey melodies lose momentum over the 22 tracks. [Apr 2002, p.113]
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Q MagazineEerie, exotic and utterly enchanting. [Mar 2002, p.116]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 4 out of 16
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sethcOct 17, 2005Like beatles meets early floyd meets the E6 collective. A great album.
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TimCApr 14, 2005The best album ever made.
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RyancMar 5, 2005Anyone who said this wasn't brilliant was only joking