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~ Sparklehorse
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (9 Feb 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Import
  • Label: Capitol
  • ASIN: B00000I85P
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 303,343 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Pig (Explicit) 2:23£0.69
Listen  2. Painbirds [Explicit] 3:50£0.69
Listen  3. Saint Mary [Explicit] 4:01£0.69
Listen  4. Good Morning Spider [Explicit] 1:09£0.69
Listen  5. Sick Of Goodbyes [Explicit] 3:32£0.69
Listen  6. Box Of Stars (Part One) [Explicit]0:33£0.69
Listen  7. Sunshine [Explicit] 5:03£0.69
Listen  8. Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man (Medley) [Explicit] 4:31£0.69
Listen  9. Hey, Joe [Explicit] 3:06£0.69
Listen10. Come On In [Explicit] 3:46£0.69
Listen11. Maria's Little Elbows [Explicit] 4:17£0.69
Listen12. Cruel Sun [Explicit] 2:25£0.69
Listen13. All Night Home [Explicit] 3:43£0.69
Listen14. Ghost Of His Smile [Explicit] 3:12£0.69
Listen15. Hundreds Of Sparrows [Explicit] 2:26£0.69
Listen16. Box Of Stars (Part Two) [Explicit]0:51£0.69
Listen17. Junebug [Explicit] 3:25£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review
In between the release of 1995's Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot and this 1998 set, Sparklehorse mainman Mark Linkous almost died after curiosity compelled him to mix valium with antidepressants. A disposition to experimentation isn't always a good idea in life, but as far as making records goes, Linkous seems incapable of putting a foot wrong. Once again, this album oscillates between two poles. On one extreme, it's the clattering, melodic white noise that, on "Cruel Sun" and "Pig", recalls nothing so much as REM's classic Fables Of The Reconstruction. That'll do just fine--but the reason Sparklehorse are a band people get obsessive about rather than just love, is Virginia-raised Linkous's punch-drunk way with a fragile Southern ballad. "Come On In", "Maria's Little Elbows" and the concluding "Junebug" offer plenty of confirmation that no songwriter can make the abyss seem quite so homely. --Peter Paphides

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good morning, 18 Jan 2006
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Morning Spider (Audio CD)
Alt-music one-man-band Sparklehorse veers between rock, punk and who-knows-what in "Good Morning Spider." In the sophomore album, Mark Linkous crafts a sonic extravaganza of brilliant music, strange and surreal and enticingly dark.

It starts off small in the opening minute of "Pig," then explodes into a rollicking staticky rocker. Following up are mournful laments like "Painbird" and "Sunshine," almost inaudible ballads "Saint Mary" and the funereal "Come On In," steady rock-outs like "Cruel Sun," and eerie panoramic sweeps "Good Morning Spider" and both halves of "Box of Stars." One of the strangest tracks is "Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man," which languishes in static for a few minutes before blossoming into a solid rock song.

Near-death experiences tend to change a person's life. In Linkous's case, it changed his music -- "Good Morning Spider" is warped by a near-death experience that almost killed him, and left him paralyzed for quite some time. So don't expect happy, perky music -- rather, Linkous seems to be exorcising his demons and experiences all in one swoop.

Like Neutral Milk Hotel, Sparklehorse makes the most of staticky guitars. It has a contemplative lo-fi sound, but is tinged with a few other things -- the bass, gravelly guitar and percussion are joined by violins, cello and organ, along with sweeps of static that give a surreal feel to this textured music. At times it's smooth, at times it's rough, but never ordinary.

His near-death experience shines through Linkous's songwriting, with lines like, "My bones wish to escape," the funeral tone of the children's-prayer-like "Come On In," and the wistful announcement that "All I want is to be a happy man." Even aside from the morbid beauty of these songs, his writing is evocative and entrancing: "A beautiful woman she rose/from the smoking waters of the lake/with a candle that burned in each palm..."

Rarely are so many beautiful songs linked together, and rarely is such raw emotion put into music. Sparklehorse's "Good Morning Spider" is a rare and treasured rock album, and deserves to be a classic.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Under rated and unknown, 26 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Good Morning Spider (Audio CD)
Sparklehorse are possibly my favourite band around today. Their style of music is best described as similar to Granddaddy in that it isnt conventional rock, pop or any other type of genre. In my opinion this album is a must buy as many music critics agree.
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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Melancholy, atmospheric music, 5 Feb 2003
By Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Morning Spider (Audio CD)
This is very atmospheric music, still rock-based but encompassing pop, ambience and folk. The overall mood is melancholic. The sound blends well through uptempo tracks like Cruel Sun or Pig, beautiful ballads like Saint Mary & Come On In, to the more innovative textures of Sunshine & Ghost Of His Smile. It's an uneven album, though and probably something of an acquired taste. A couple of real gems here merit its four stars.
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