Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs [2CD Limited Edition] (1998)
Artist: Mercury Rev
Title: Deserter's Songs
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: V2 [VVR1006112]
Genre: Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop, Prog Related
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 66:44
Total Size: 156 mb / 404 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Deserter's Songs
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: V2 [VVR1006112]
Genre: Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop, Prog Related
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 66:44
Total Size: 156 mb / 404 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Deserter's Songs is the fourth studio album by rock band Mercury Rev, released in late September 1998. British music magazine NME named Deserter's Songs album of the year for 1998. Limited edition copies of the album came in a brown cardboard envelope-like package, with a stamp on the cover postmarked with the release date, as well as two art postcards.
The success of this album was a pleasant surprise for the band. After the commercial failure of their previous album See You on the Other Side, which frontman Jonathan Donahue considered to be the band's best album, they decided to make one more record entirely for themselves, ignoring commercial influences, and expecting to split up shortly afterward. Surprisingly, Deserter's Songs was their most successful album, and made them big celebrities in the UK and Europe, also making a smaller mark in the US.
The success of this album was a pleasant surprise for the band. After the commercial failure of their previous album See You on the Other Side, which frontman Jonathan Donahue considered to be the band's best album, they decided to make one more record entirely for themselves, ignoring commercial influences, and expecting to split up shortly afterward. Surprisingly, Deserter's Songs was their most successful album, and made them big celebrities in the UK and Europe, also making a smaller mark in the US.
:: TRACKLIST ::
1-1 Holes 5:55
1-2 Tonite It Shows 3:40
1-3 Endlessly 4:25
1-4 I Collect Coins 1:27
1-5 Opus 40 5:10
1-6 Hudson Line 2:54
1-7 The Happy End (The Drunk Room) 2:06
1-8 Goddess On A Hiway 3:45
1-9 The Funny Bird 5:51
1-10 Pick Up If You're There 3:05
1-11 Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp 6:17
1-12 Underture 0:04
2-1 Holes 7:04
2-2 Isolation 4:09
2-3 Opus 40 3:41
2-4 Philadelphia 3:04
2-5 Endlessly 3:58
Line-up / Musicians
- Jonathan Donahue / vocals, acoustic guitar, chamberlin
- Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiack / vocals, guitar, woodwinds
- Suzanne Thorpe / flute
- Dave Fridmann / piano, Mellotron, bass, background vocals
- Adam Snyder / Wurlitzer piano, Mellotron, Hammond B-3 organ
- Jimmy Chambers / harpsichord, clavinet, drums
Additional personnel:
- Amy Helm, Marie Spinosa, Mary Gavazzi Fridmann / vocals
- Garrett James Uhlenbrock / slide guitar
- Rachel Handman / violin
- Garth Hudson / alto & tenor saxophones
- Matt Jordan / flugelhorn
- Jim Burgess / trombone
- Aaron Hurwitz / piano
- Scott Pettito / acoustic & electric basses
- Jeff Mercel, Levon Helm / drums
- Joel Eckhouse / bowed saw
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