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Giant Sand, Chore of Enchantment
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1594727
Disk length: 60m (16 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2000
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Overture | 0:48 |
| 2. (well) Dusted (for the millenium) | 3:47 |
| 3. Punishing Sun | 3:13 |
| 4. X-tra Wide | 3:27 |
| 5. 1972 | 1:03 |
| 6. Temptation of Egg | 3:41 |
| 7. Raw | 3:29 |
| 8. Wolfy | 4:25 |
| 9. Shiver | 4:00 |
| 10. Dirty From the Rain | 3:34 |
| 11. Astonished (in Memphis) | 5:32 |
| 12. No Reply | 4:34 |
| 13. Satellite | 6:48 |
| 14. Bottom Line Man | 4:41 |
| 15. Way to End the Day | 4:47 |
| 16. Shrine | 2:02 |
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Review
Howie Gelb tinkers with Giant Sand like a mechanic restoring a classic jalopy in the back barn. With an eclectic mixed bag of spare parts (Neil Young, Percy Sledge, and Lou Reed with a bit of John Cale thrown in) he presides over the revolving-door collective Giant Sand with a lot of elbow grease, much inspired love, and a kind of whacked genius. Though his talent has always been apparent, until Chore of Enchantment, he's never hit on all cylinders. But he's racing now. Chore is replete with top-notch, desert-fried, soul-infused tunes. --Tod NelsonHowe Gelb's revolving-door band Giant Sand started out as a gritty twang-rock project for the beer-and-barbecue set. Still steeped in desert mystery, Gelb's wise and wizardly ways have evolved over the past 15 years to the point where his songs manage to conjure up images of Neil Young, Brian Wilson, and Tom Waits comingling inside of a warm pair of speakers. The result is thaumaturgical--not quite Picasso for the blind but just as bumpy and as fun to touch as braille. Chore of Enchantment's relaxed juggling of rock, country, psychedelia, and experimentalism is chameleon-like without being forced and beautiful without even trying. The variety of sounds suggests Gelb's closest contemporaries to be Yo La Tengo, who also spent 15 years moving from a so-so debut to sonic seniority. --Jason Josephes
Other Versions
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Tracks: 16, Disk length: 60m 1s (+0m 1s)
Tracks: 16, Disk length: 60m 3s (+0m 3s)
Tracks: 16, Disk length: 59m 49s (-1m 49s)
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