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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Record Label: |
Merge Records |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
March 26, 1996 |
| Album Duration: |
48m:06s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Song Against Sex 2. You've Passed 3. Someone Is Waiting 4. Baby For Pree, A 5. Marching Theme 6. Where You'll Find Me Now 7. Avery Island / April 1st 8. Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone 9. Three Peaches 10. Naomi 11. April 8th 12. Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye |
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Personnel: Jeff Mangum (vocals, guitar, air organ, xylophone, Casio, drums, bells, tape loops); Rick Benjamin (trombone); Robert Schnieder (air organ, organ, bass, xylophone); Lisa Janssen (bass); Marisa Bissinger, Hilarie Sidney, Dane Terry, Aaron Reedy. Principally recorded at Elephant 6, Dane Terry and Marisa Bissinger's house, Denver, Colorado between February and May 1995. Though singer/songwriter/bandleader Jeff Magnum would refine his brilliant, quirky psych-folk to perfection on the majestic IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA, ON AVERY ISLAND--the first offering from Neutral Milk Hotel--is full of rich rewards. Magnum distinguishes himself from his fellow Elephant 6 cohorts Apples In Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control by trading sunshiny acid-dipped Beatles-esque pop for a somewhat edgier sound, centered (perhaps ironically) on acoustic guitar and introspective (albiet surreal and associative) lyrics. Punky squalls of distorted guitar, brass arrangements, a thick, muted rhythm section, and an onslaught ... |
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