Album
Deserter's Songs
1998 · Rock
21 collectors on Gatefold own this
Deserter's Songs is an Alt/Indie album by Mercury Rev, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 43 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
About
Considering that <i>Deserter’s Songs</i> received heaps of critical praise as one of the bravest albums of 1998, including the British magazine MOJO’s album of the year, it’s fitting that there should be an instrumental edition of the album, which was noted for its lack of traditional instrumentation, with all the lead vocals removed. Leader Jonathan Donahue had gone back home to the Catskill Mountains while his guitars were in hock and recorded his ideas on whatever he could find. The album that was eventually recorded included mellotron, Chamberlin, saw, woodwinds and brass and was decidedly less a rock album than a dreamlike sequence of songs that explored that odd-patch of pop where Donovan, Pink Floyd and others found new ways of empowering their music. This makes a great, heady trip. “Holes,” “Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp,” “Endlessly” and “Opus 40” become meditational trips to a different state of being. If you seek an album that is one strange trip, this instrumental collection is a rare beauty.
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Tracklist
- 1Holes5:55
- 2Tonite It Shows3:40
- 3Endlessly4:25
- 4I Collect Coins1:27
- 5Opus 405:10
- 6Hudson Line2:54
- 7The Happy End (The Drunk Room)2:06
- 8Goddess On A Hiway3:45
- 9The Funny Bird5:51
- 10Pick Up If You're There3:05
- 11Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp6:17
- 12Untitled0:04
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- lush
- bittersweet
- cinematic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aaron HurwitzPIANO
- Adam SnyderELECTRIC ORGAN , MELLOTRON, ELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO MELLOTRON, ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO
- Amy HelmVOCALS VOCALS , WHISTLING
- Dave FridmannBACKING VOCALS BASS PIANO
- Garrett James UhlenbrockSLIDE GUITAR
- GrasshopperGUITAR GUITAR , WOODWIND LYRICS BY, VOCALS
- Jeff MercelDRUMS
- Jim BurgessTROMBONE
- Jimy ChambersCLAVINET, HARPSICHORD, DRUMS DRUMS HARPSICHORD, DRUMS, CLAVINET
- Jonathan DonahueACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, CHAMBERLIN VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, CHAMBERLIN
- Marie SpinosaVOCALS VOCALS , WHISTLING
- Mary Gavazzi FridmannSOPRANO VOCALS
- Rachel HandmanVIOLIN
- Scott PetitoBASS BASS , ELECTRIC BASS DOUBLE BASS , ELECTRIC BASS
- Sean MackowiakGUITAR , WOODWIND
- Suzanne ThorpeFLUTE
- Garth HudsonALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE , ALTO SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Levon HelmDRUMS
21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 43 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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