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Track Listings
| 1. I've Lived On A Dirt Road All My Life |
| 2. Skunks |
| 3. Hendrix With KO |
| 4. Jacknuggeted |
| 5. Why The Long Face |
| 6. Bijoux |
| 7. Twins |
| 8. Kid You'll Move Mountains |
| 9. Crayon |
| 10. Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday |
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Review
Both adventurous and accessible, a record in love with the obliterating power of sound -- 4/5, John Mulvey, Uncut, April 2003
Bursting with bastardised Merseybeat harmonies and oscilating guitar FX, this album is both stunningly spontaneous and absurdly precocious -- 8/10 Album Of The Month, Paul Clarke, Jockey Slut, March 2003
Quite possibly the best thing out of Canada, since, well, ever. -- 5/5 Album Of The Month, Stephen Worthy, Loaded, April 2003
The work of a music lover, and should appeal to all who consider themselves such... the whole thing satisfies... -- 5/5, Steven Jelbert, X-Ray, March 2003
Customer Reviews
I bought Manitoba's debut on the strength of Amazon recommending it to me after I rated Four Tet's 'Pause' highly, and to be honest I was underwhelmed. Sure, it was nice enough electronica, but it didn't have a great deal of spark, and it certainly didn't prepare me for this!
Canadian Dan Snaith has taken the best bits of everything that's ever been good ever and stuck them all together! I've not had such an overwhelming first-hearing reaction to a record as this since I was 17 and heard Orbital for the first time. I was squirming and jerking and smiling and laughing and dancing round the room within minutes.
Imagine, if you will (if you can), The Chemical Brothers mining the legacy of My Bloody Valentine, and downbeat electronica surrendering to Brian Wilson's brand of gorgeous woozy pop music, all rolled together into one cohesive and inspirational 40-minute package!
Big happy clattering drums rub up with multi-coloured guitars, spacey organs, glockenspiels (or xylophones, who knows?), occasional dreamy vocals, sliding clarinets, droning saxophones, all manner of gorgeous found-sound weirdness, beatific electronic passages and even the occasional frog.
I can't implore you enough to go out and buy this record - if you love music, and I mean REALLY LOVE MUSIC, then you ought to love this.
On first listen, I was a little underwhelmed - there are a lot of summery melodies (birdsong even makes an appearance here and there, but it washed over me a little and it all seemed inconsequential.
However, after a couple more spins at the turntable, it started to grow on me and might now be reasonably filed alongside the likes of Air and Royksopp in the category marked 'dreamy, intelligent pop'. I can now see myself wheeling this album out quite a lot over the summer of 2003.
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