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5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal Masterpiece, 25 Feb 2000

By	Paul McLoughlin - See all my reviews

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I remember this album coming out, and it literally blowing me and my mates away. The album contains the masterpiece "frittering", which starts with steel string acoustic guitar, maving into the wall of sound that you'd expect from the likes of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, then trickling back down to the underlying melody. If only for this and "Chasing a Bee", this album is an amazing piece of work. However, it also contains the grunge guitar classic "Syringe Mouth", and numerous other classics.

In my mind, this is Mercury Rev at their greatest, remeniscent of "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine. I simply cannot do this album justice in words, just buy it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very definite five stars, 12 Dec 2003

By	D. Land (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Not to undermine the other reviewers, but this is truly the weirdest album I have ever heard. Definitely un-easy listening. It bears no musical resemblance to, say, Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' but I guess it is structurally similar - based on juxtaposition of noise and melody, sudden inexplicable bursts of beauty and lyricism giving away to chaos. Challenging, but well worth it. An absolute classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars sublime, 8 Oct 2002

By	Daniel Chapman "daniels_stuff" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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One of those rare albums which could sincerely be describe as transcendental- an album of pyschedelic rock which is truly epic in depth.

The music is truly unlike anything you'll ever hear. The songs seem to float from your speakers and fill the room with smoky atmospheres, you'll feel like you're wading through the room. But as your head is filled with hazy melodies, a soaring guitar riff, pounding percussion beat or delicate flute section will emerge which fills your heart enough to burst. But while 'Yerself Is Steam' succeeds in being vague and dense, it still has the tunes in rock-out moments like 'syringe mouth' and 'Coney Island Cyclone'.

The lyrics are richly bizarre and manage to be enigmatic ('I need pink, I need cream. I need someone who sews up seams'), hilarious ('space control uh...it's out there, I better get my pants back on. My mom is coming over') or profoundly moving ('And you wonder why I leave so soon/ I get so high then sink/ to the bottom of your room').
The words can mean nothing, everything or both at once and are simply perfect.

As with each Rev release, there isn't another album which sounds anything like this- even other Rev records. Listening to this will make you a better person.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Woah!
I was introduced to Mercury Rev in 1992; I remember it well - the Royal Albert Hall, as the main support act to The House of Love, and they followed the (then unheard of)... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars All Is Steam
I feel mildly embarrassed in admitting that it has taken me this long to investigate Mercury Rev's 1991 debut album `Yerself is Steam'. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars I had to join in
I just wanted to say all the reviews that give five stars are right on the button!

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5.0 out of 5 stars sonic architects
This first time I heard this I didn´t rate it at all. I think it remained in my wardrobe for about a year collecting dust. Read more

Published on 4 Mar 2006 by David Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars This album out-Sonic Youth's Sonic Youth!
I dunno about you guys out there but I never thought Sonic Youth's music lived up to it's reputation.
Good job we have the likes of Yerself Is Steam to fall back on! Read more

Published on 9 July 2003 by raywhoisking

5.0 out of 5 stars Shock and awe
After hearing this album for the first time back in '91 I have still to hear a more life changing album than this. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime atmospheric rock
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Published on 26 Nov 2002 by Pieter

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