In the aeroplane over the sea / Neutral Milk Hotel.
By: Neutral Milk Hotel (Musical group) [composer, performer]
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MusicPublisher: New York : Merge records, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 audio disc ; 12 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Rock musicDDC classification: LP/4835 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Reference | MTU Cork School of Music Library Vinyl | LP/4835 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 00209643 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Perhaps best likened to a marching band on an acid trip, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is another quixotic sonic parade; lo-fi yet lush, impenetrable yet wholly accessible, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is either the work of a genius or an utter crackpot, with the truth probably falling somewhere in between. Again teaming with producer Robert Schneider, Jeff Mangum invests the material here with new maturity and clarity; while the songs run continuously together, as they did on the previous On Avery Island, there is a much clearer sense of shifting dynamics from track to track, with a greater emphasis on structure and texture. Mangum's vocals are far more emotive as well; whether caught in the rush of spiritual epiphany ("The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two and Three") or in the grip of sexual anxiety ("Two-Headed Boy"), he sings with a new fervor, composed in equal measure of ecstasy and anguish. However, as his musical concepts continue to come into sharper focus, one hopes his stream-of-consciousness lyrical ideas soon begin to do the same; while Mangum spins his words with the rapid-fire intensity of a young Dylan, the songs are far too cryptic and abstract to fully sink in -- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is undoubtedly a major statement, but just what it's saying is anyone's guess. ~ Jason Ankeny
Produced by Robert Schneider.
All songs by Jeff Mangum, except "The fool" (S. Spillane), "King of carrot floewers pt. two" (Barnes, Koster, Mangum, Spillane).
Horn arrangements: Robert Schneider and Scott Spillane -- Art director: Chris Bilheimer and Jeff Mangum -- Cover concept by Jeff -- Dress stars and circus poster by Chris -- "Flying Victrola" / by Brian Dewan -- Guidance: Robert Schneider, Brian McPherson, Margaret Mittleman and all at Elephant Six.
The king of carrot flowers pt. one -- The king of carrot flowers pt. two and three -- In the aeroplane over the sea -- Two-headed boy -- The fool -- Holland, 1945 -- Communist daughter -- Oh comely -- Ghost -- [Untitled] -- two-headed boy pt. two.
Jeff Mangun, guitar, voice, floortom, bowed fuzz bass, tapes, shortwave radio ; jeremy barnes, drums, organ ; Robert Schneider, home organ, air organ, fuzz bass, harmony vocal, one-note piano ; Scott Spillane, trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium ; Julian Koster, wandering genie, the singing saw, bowed banjo, accordion, white noise ; Michelle Anderson, uilleann pipes ; Marisa Bissinger, saxophone, flugelhorn ; Rick Benjamin, rombone ; Laura Carter, zanzithophone.
Recorded in Elephant 6 recording company, July-Sept. 1997.
LP record.