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| 1. Our happiness is guaranteed |
| 2. I never wanted to see you again |
| 3. The poisoned well |
| 4. The happy prole |
| 5. Sea shanty |
| 6. It's hard to turn me on |
| 7. Nothing from nothing |
| 8. Tomorrow you'll hide |
| 9. California |
| 10. You fucked yourself |
| 11. Ape self prevails in me still |
| 12. Please do |
| 13. I give up |
| 14. Repetition |
| 15. Repetition |
| 16. Only Sucess Can Fail Me Now |
This might be too much nasty medicine if the music didn't engage us so consistently. This is easily Quasi's most accessible--even blatantly pop--album. Sam and Janet are utilising more instruments as well as recording tape than ever before, like the tumbling barrage of keyboards (including a harpsichord!) that open "I Never Want To See You Again". Sam turns in a fluid, George Harrison-like slide guitar solo on "The Happy Prole", while "Tomorrow You'll Hide" features a wonderfully bleak solo vocal turn from Janet. The transitions are incredibly subtle, like the eerie string passage that subverts the merry little "toot-toots" at the end of "It's Hard To Turn Me On". Sam and Janet's harmony vocals are a marvel; check out their wordless wail on "Sea Shanty", which manages to be frightened, mournful, and triumphant all at once. The intense intimacy suggested by both their tightly-wrapped vocals and their instrumental jousting is reminiscent of Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley; each seems to anticipate the other's next musical move. Though there's little chance that Quasi will crack the charts (A piano and drums duo? Too damned uncompromising for mass consumption), Featuring Birds is a stunning record. This one deserves some serious time in the spotlight and as much intelligent discussion as we can muster. --John Chandler
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