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~ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
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  • Audio CD (5 Jun 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Domino
  • ASIN: B00004TJ4E
  • Other Editions: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,466 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. And You Will Know Them
2. Mistakes And Regrets
3. Totally Natural
4. Blight Takes All
5. Clair De Lune
6. Flood Of Red
7. Children Of The Hydra's Teeth
8. Mark David Chapman
9. Up From Redemption
10. Aged Dolls
11. Day The Air Turned Blue
12. Perfect Teenhood
13. Sigh Your Relief

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Sonic Youth don't sound like this any more. Someone else has to carry the anger, feed the sonic explosion with layers of molten guitars. You could compare the throbbing, distorted, beautiful noise that is this Austin TX's band second album to NYC's finest circa Evol, but that'd be to miss the point. Like comparing someone gracefully fading into the shadows with someone vibrantly, passionately alive. Also, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead clearly draw on the impassioned energy of emo-core counterparts like Fugazi and Today Is The Day. "Mistakes And Regrets" is full-throttle millennial rock, absolutely in your face--enervating, inspiring. As is virtually the whole of Madonna. In between all the sonic overload, however, there are moments of surprising subtlety and insecurity ("Claire De Lune", the tormented "A Perfect Teenhood"). Sonic Youth moved on long ago. Time to celebrate the new generation of noise terrorists. --Everett True


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On 1999's MADONNA, the Austin, Texas-based noise-rock ensemble And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead further hones its sharp sonic attack. As the group's first and only outingfor the Merge label (recorded before being picked up by Interscope), MADONNA sounds like a test run for Trail of Dead'slauded SOURCE CODES & TAGS, with caustic guitar squalls washing over propulsive rhythms, creating mountains of sound. "Mistakes and Regrets" surges forward like one of Sonic Youth's most rocked-out tunes, while "Mark David Chapman" evokes a more epic Fugazi with its simmering sense of urgency. In keeping with its unpredictable nature, the quartet also offers up the exotic, eastern-tinged mood piece "Children of the Hydra's Teeth" and the dreamy, ominous "Aged Dolls." Along with SOURCE CODES, this fierce, restless record is essential Trail of Dead listening.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Trail of Dead album Yet..., 14 Sep 2002
Heard 'Source Tags & Codes'? Want to hear more? Well buy this, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's second album. It rocks more than 'Source Tags...' where it means too, and is more subtle and heartfelt than their first, eponimous album where necessary.
The Rawk? Look for 'Mistakes and Regrets', 'Totally Natural' and 'Perfect Teenhood'. Melodious and subtle?: 'Claire de Lune', ' The Day the Air Turned Blue' and 'Aged Dolls'. Everything else falls exactly half way between the two. It's been on my stereo since it was released, and every record I've listened to inbetween (Rival Schools, Flaming Lips, Frank Black, PJ Harvey, Royksopp, The Ghost etc etc) has confirmed my beleif that 'Madonna' is a masterpiece -- not only of 'emo' but modern rock in all its forms.
Buy this album and believe.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For this recipe, you will need..., 3 Jun 2001
By djb686@wincoll.ac.uk (Winchester, England) - See all my reviews
One (1) copy of 'In the Flat Field' by Bauhaus, six (6) huge racks of effects pedals, a smattering of Romantic poetry, a pinch of salt, half a pound of insane punk rock attitude, and five (5) men who know what they like, aren't afraid to rock out, know (oh yes) how to use a drumkit, and could eat almost any other band on the planet except maybe At The Drive-In or QOTSA. In the oven, gas mark 1000000 for a sharp, acrid burst of insanely good fun and post-goth skulduggery. Yes!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Overwhelming, 22 Jul 2006
By Mr. M. J. Archer "Loque" (South Shields, UK) - See all my reviews
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It was to be expected. The debut record harboured little flashes of brilliance that if used in the right way could turn something very good into something exceptional. The Texan quartet had but to pull the right strings and balance out some irregularities in their style. They have gone further than that, almost completely reinventing themselves in less than two years to become one of the finest modern bands on the planet. "Madonna" is a work of art, in so many ways.

Where do I start? I'll start at the beginning. The art work (done by Conrad Keely) in the cd sleeve is very very nice. People who say artwork is dead: it clearly isn't. Not that it affects how the album sounds, it just makes it stand out even more. The affection and love in everything here is overwhelming.

First track, the intro, is called "And You Will Know Them..." is just a mixed up spoken word "And You Will Know Them By The Trail Of DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, Dead, dead..." which then launches blissfully into..

"Mistakes and Regrets" is a very important song, and it was also the first single. It starts off with soft, lush guitars and the percussion builds up into a spoken intro, before bouncing along almost poppily into an emotional song almost instantly better than anything on the debut album.

"Totally Natural" is even better. It's raw, angry and very very loud. There's the touch of overdistortion and the less-than-perfect guitar work, which if it were anyone else would seem unprofessional, but it only endears them to me more.

"Aged Dolls" is in some ways the centrepiece to the album, being the longest and most complex. Deeply layered and tense, it's probably the most unique tracks on the album. In between every song from about mid-way in the record we are treated to minute long breathers, which are the instrumentals (there are four on the album) "Children Of The Hydra's Teeth", "Up From Redemption" and "The Day The Air Turned Blue", which all sound great and are effortlessly preparing us for the most epic track you have ever heard...

... And then "A Perfect Teenhood" kicks forth in a spasm of angst and power, emotionally awe inspiring and utterly engrossing, anthemic and legendary. I cannot describe how this hit me when I first heard it. It is Trail of Dead's greatest ever achievement. You can download the substantially different live version off the website, if you want to hear it from a different angle. The band will probably never ever top this ever again; so you have to sit back and relish it as it rampages out of your speakers and makes everything else at hand seem trivial. Utter brilliance.

The record finishes nicely with the reserved "Sigh Your Children", and then there is a wall of feedback noise signalling the end of one of the most important albums of the twentieth century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "This is a plan of action". Believe it.
Press play, and before you can say "And. You. Will. Know. Them. By. The. Trail. Of. Dead..." we're into the opening track proper, 'Mistakes And Regrets'. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2004 by Sean

1.0 out of 5 stars An average album with few highlights
I first heard of this band from some guys at school saying that ...Trail of Dead were saving rock. Being a fan of ROCK music (Zeppelin etc), I expected to be wowed by some hard... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2001 by Sam Bam

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate & Fantastic
Recently, the term 'punk' has been commandeered by US acts such as Green Day, The Offspring etc, who's main attribute seems to be stupidity in plentiful amounts. ... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2001 by Mr. N. A. Styles

4.0 out of 5 stars The guitar's secret burial ground
This is rock n'roll in its most primal sense. These bastard children of The MC5 power through incendiary tracks with relentless energy as if their last bottle of whiskey depended... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2000 by nboin@essex.ac.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Noise rocker's from Texas saving rock
Every so often (rarely I must add) but very clearly, this thing that we all believe in, rock 'n' roll creates a lash of excitement and energy that us mortal beings cannot extract... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!
Since the heady days of the early 90's and late 80's no band has carried the torch of experimental rock. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000 by joetazzyman@yahoo.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars Blistering Sonics From Heroes Of Regret
There's a moment in 'Sigh Your Children', the last official track where the singer repeats the line 'Out the Door' several times to a barrage of crashing drums. Read more
Published on 22 Jul 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars A good all round album from aband with a great name!
When i saw the name "..and you will know us by the trail of dead" i was expecting something different to what is actually on the album but it doesn't make it any worse... Read more
Published on 23 May 2000

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