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Mercury Rev, Deserter's Songs

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1446080

Disk length: 1h 19m 59s (18 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2001

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Holes 5:55
2. Tonite It Shows 3:41
3. Endlessly 4:27
4. I Collect Coins 1:29
5. Opus 40 5:13
6. Hudson Line 2:56
7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room) 2:08
8. Goddess On A Highway 3:45
9. The Funny Bird 5:52
10. Pick Up If You're There 3:06
11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp 6:18
12. Empire State (Sun House In Excelsis) 7:31
13. Young's Man Stride 2:45
14. Sudden Ray Of Hope 5:19
15. Everlasting Arm 5:17
16. Racing The Tide 7:33
17. Close Encounters On The 3rd Grade 3:05
18. Peaceful Night 3:30

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Review

For 1998, Mercury Rev did something completely different: they shunned the psychedelic rock of their previous ways and went for baroque. Literally. On Deserter's Songs, bowed saw plays as prominent a role as guitar, and most of the songs are ballads, not anthems. There's a tender, folksy quality here that was missing in the group's previous (albeit also great) recordings. Mercury Rev have always been difficult to classify; yet on this album they make the pigeonholing even more difficult. --Jason VerlindeYears before the slacker-minstral chic of the Elephant Six Collective (Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Apples in Stereo, et al.) strummed their way into left-of-the-dial fame, Mercury Rev were busy composing their own psychedelic soundtracks for nothing in particular. It seems as though we've heard it all before: lo-fi is predictable, the musical saw is downright ubiquitous (yeah, it shows up on Deserter's Songs) in indie rock, and the mellotron's chords are all too common. Yet despite the trendy instrumentation, Deserter's Songs is anything but predictable. "Tonite It Shows" is a mysterious lullaby, "Opus 40" is trippy keyboard sing-along, and "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" has more Stereolab pop than Son House Delta blues. It's one of Mercury Rev's most unique and consistent efforts. A subdued yet rewarding trip. --Jason Verlinde

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 11 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 46m 51s (-34m 52s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 12 (-6 tracks), Disk length: 45m 10s (-35m 11s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 11 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 45m 1s (-35m 2s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 12 (-6 tracks), Disk length: 44m 46s (-36m 47s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 12 (-6 tracks), Disk length: 44m 46s (-36m 47s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 11 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 42m 17s (-38m 18s)

Deserter's Songs

Tracks: 12 (-6 tracks), Disk length: 36m 34s (-44m 35s)

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