NOT THEIR BEST BUT WORTH A LISTEN
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Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
A strange clash of styles and sounds. The magnificent "Godess on a Hiway" is the outstanding track - I never tire of hearing it. "Holes" is a beautiful song and "Opus 40" is also fine. I bought the cd (for under £5) on the strength of knowing these 3 songs I was familiar with, but the other tracks in between are a disappointment. They are an odd mix- quite classical in parts with soaring strings etc - these bits are a bit over-the-top and bordering on pretentious. Others are clearly instrumental fillers, sometimes sounding no more inspirational than elevator music or a background soundtrack to a film. I bought it on the strength of the 3 songs I previously mentioned, and the cd was probably worth it for those alone, however they are all now included on the double cd retrospective "The Essential" Mercury Rev, and I wish I had paid more to get this instead.Read full review
Arrived hear via The Flaming Lips & now I don't wish to desert this box of delights for some time....maybe it's because i'm working retrospectively ,as many music lovers tend to do & following the theme of finding an artist~song~sound~look~hook that stimulates & I've found Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs has everything I could wish for...I must admit on the first time of playing the album I was dissapointed,I had just been playing The Lips Yoshimi & how do you follow that?...By playing this album over & over . It has certainly broadened my musical taste as Johnathan Donahue is gifted at finding a beautiful line,taking control & expanding it into something wonderful. Deserter's Songs takes you on a musical journey thro' folk pop softrock jazz blues classical to avant garde.If you are reading this then you are interested in Mercury Rev,invest in the album,play it over & over & enjoy it as one of the most beautiful & complete albums ever produced.Tell me what you think about the trax Holes & Endlessly.I believe Deserter's Songs is exceptional ,so much so,I bought it twice.Read full review
An essential indie album of 1998. Although the sound and songs are immediately familiar, at the time of release was innovative. The album is uneven and goes off the boil quite seriously at times. The band also seem to rely almost exclusively on a theremin for their cat strangling in a violin atmospheric whine that punctuates all the tracks. Overall an essential component of an indie connoiseur's soundtrack.
Having previously bought a Mercury Rev cd I had read great things about this cd, having only listned to it once it has yet not lived up to my high expectation, will reserve judgment after further plays.
Dream-like songs great tune after great tune. It takes you to another magical world. Amazing!!!! Get it, you won't regret it!!!!
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