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The Secret Migration

~ Mercury Rev
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (24 Jan 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: V2
  • ASIN: B0006G7ZQ0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,363 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Reverencing the seasons and the mysterious "unseen force behind the turning leaves", The Secret Migration is not the work of practicing Druids but the sixth album from gliding American trio Mercury Rev, a band whose much-vaunted astral rock weightlessness (see the classic Deserter’s Songs) has now touched down in the residual dark green undergrowth of Eden. It’s a distant, magical place where dragonflies, apparently, are inclined to "offer you a ride".

Narcotic ambiguity aside, The Secret Migration is either a pretty nature travelogue gilded with breathless escapism or an eleventh hour ecological wake up call before The Man puts up the "Sold - Subject To Planning Permission" notice. More importantly, it’s an excellent "concept" record with the strident "In The Wilderness" and bittersweet Beatles-esque "First Time Mother’s Joy" promising potential dividends beyond the group’s established cult-band curtilage. A bewitched Jonathan Donahue sings with the explorative wonderment of a man wandering abroad through a pot-headed botanist’s midnight summer dream. Talk of swans, white horses and "dormant patient roots" becoming "childish shoots" lends The Secret Migration a fairytale folk quality respectfully redolent of Donovan but the soft psychedelic hues of Mercury Rev’s Arcadian canvas are entirely their own. Wistfully magnificent. --Kevin Maidment



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'The Secret Migration' is the fifth album from Mercury Rev and sees the band fine tune their dreamy psychedelic pop sound. Produced once again by Dave Fridmann, the album falls somewhere between the sounds of 1998's 'Deserter's Songs' and 2001's 'All Is Dream', mixing strings, synths, guitars, and Jonathan Donahue's rousing vocals.

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24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Lucky Boy, 18 Nov 2004
This review is from: The Secret Migration (Audio CD)
Thanks to a weird twist of fate that is both too long to go into and pointless for the task at hand I have managed to get hold of a promo copy of "The Secret Migration" and what a lucky boy I am. Being a long time fan of Mercury Rev I jumped for joy when the said CD was placed in my hands and before I knew it I was skipping home with the intention of putting this baby on as soon as that front door slammed shut.
Well, on went the Cd and "Secret for a Song", the first single, rose from the speakers and I knew from than point I was in for a treat and I wasnt wrong. This is not an album for people who want to put on an album and be immediately humming along to some catchy ditty, as it has taken me more than several listens to really get to grips with what it has to offer. And, I hear you ask, what does it have to offer? Well I would say some of the finest work they have done to date with "In The Wilderness" and "The Climbing Rose" being utterly outstanding. Whether it will ever overtake "deserters songs" as my favourite mercury rev album I dont know but it has certainly lept over "I am dream". I would urge anyone who has enjoyed previous outings to leap off your sofas and get this album the second it comes out.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Migrating In the Wrong Direction? , 17 Aug 2007
Having waited in anticipation for an age to get their follow up to "All Is Dream", I have to say that I was disappointed. As much as I wanted to get into this, I found it harder and ultimately more uncomfortable every time I played it. I had to admit to myself that the great soundscape of the previous two CDs did not come across in the same mysterious and beautiful way.

This was almost Mercury Rev by numbers. The sound was still distinctive, and at times they managed to soar with some quality, but it didn't flow.

For me the opening kills it, the first 5 tracks I find not very strong, either from a quirky interest or musical standard. It pains me to say it, but that is my opinion. Having failed to entice me into their normally entrancing world, I just started to look for individual tracks that I hoped would save the day. I have never done this before as Mercury Rev usually manage to take you on a journey whereby the whole of the album seems almost seamless.

It does get better, from my point of view, when we reach "In The Wilderness", from here on in the feel of the CD improves. However, again, unlike the previous two CDs, this is not one where I close my eyes and drift away in rapturous bliss.

It may be a case of you can't win them all, or that it is getting harder to re-produce original material of the quality of previous offerings.

At the amazon price you can now buy it for as opposed to what it cost on its original release, its still worth buying. However, don't expect the same dazzling results.

Their next CD I wait for with a mixed feeling of expectant anticipation and dread. I just hope I haven't already heard the best that they can offer!

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Album of the year(s)!?, 12 Aug 2006
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This is good, very good...

A freind I know who works within the record industry gave me a copy of this album in Jan '05 (the limited edition, nice!) and at first I thought "hmmm this albums ok" and filed it away in my collection for a few months.
I then saw Mercury Rev support The Cure in the summer of the same year and their performance was mesmerising, they were without doubt one of the best live bands I had ever seen with Jonathan Donahue one of the most enigmatic frontmen.
From then on I played this album more and more and it just got better with each listen, to the point where I rate this album as one of my 10 'desert island discs'.
The album is thing of rare beauty both musically and lyrically, its absolutely magical and I dare say there will never be anything made like this again. For me if represents Mercury Rev at the pinnacle of their creativity and it completes a fantastic Trilogy of albums. 'Deserters Songs' was very good, 'All Is Dream' even better but words cannot do justice to how good this album is. In a sane world it would be heralded as an all time classic but I prefer the fact that not many have cottoned-on to the fact Mercury Rev are one of the best, certianly one of the most dynamic bands of our generation.
So forget 'Sgt Peppers', 'The White Album' etc guys...you're looking in the wrong places! Mercury Rev and the Secret Migration, THIS is a real classic!
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