Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea ALBUM REVIEW
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Finishing up classics week with a review of Neutral Milk Hotel's seminal In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. What do you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
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Annethony Franktano
+Psycho Killerization How did jew not?
+Tyler Kydd Finally an actually funny use of this meme
Semen stains the mountain tops
Bruh
Why?
he doesn't age
He's one of The music gods, gods don't age, he will review albums for next centuries.
What about Cal?
I almost wonder if he was drinking a little from the fountain of youth at 0:07.
vegan energy
his hair didn't grow too
Everybody gangsta until two headed boy pt. 2 starts playing
Nick E. Everybody gangsta till the glow pt2 album cover leaves a comment in the comment section
Nick E. you can’t speak you’re an elephant shut the fuck up
Crips and bloods unite to sway there lighters back in forth in stadiums while lending each other a shoulder to cry on when this song comes on ngl
Elephant, you can't interrupt your big brother while Toño is reviewing it. Get the fuck outta here
The only piece of media containing the word "daddy" that everyone will enjoy
"I don't get it, it's just hillbilly death grips"
-Anthony Fantano, 2012
Oh my god, I am officially renaming NMH to HDG from now on.
Hillbilly Death Grips is Primus.
@@zackzallie8735 how you just gonna be right like that?
Genial, hahahahaha
@@zackzallie8735 Nah Primus is hillbilly TOOL
He somehow reviewed In the Aeroplane Over the Sea without mentioning Anne Frank once
I think he didn't mention her because even though she is definitely indirectly mentioned throughout the album, a lot of people think she is the only subject of the album even though Jeff has stated that she isn't the only subject, and maybe not even the primary subject. I think he just wanted to avoid the conflation between the album and Anne Frank so we can have our own interpretations on the subjects of the album.
@TrolleyXLakers - Club Shay Shay manager big fucking mood.
@@slightlyusedvcr3980 the primary subject is life itself, and if it is worth living knowing that it will someday end and if struggles in life are even worth enduring. jeff explores these themes in a battle between the two headed boy, which is a symbol of life and prosperity, and the dark man or ghost, which is death and depression. anne frank is throw into the mix, as a symbol of death, like in holland 45 when jeff mentions the empty sheets your family once were in
Dude he literally said “Anne-thony Fantano here” idk what you mean
and you just had to say something, didnt you?
How can I form my opinion on this record if there is no score in the description smh
It’s a 10/10 ur welcome
@@chandler_martian actually an 11
@@chandler_martian fuck I messed up it's actually postal office give up is an 11 this one is a 10
@@mateuszosowski7786 postal service
congrats it's a 10
Although the lyrics might connote sadness and dark imagery, whenever I listen to this album it raises my mood within the first few seconds of 'The King of Carrot Flowers' without fail. There's something so comforting about this album, it's beyond description.
+WeAreTheInsurgents definitely! That's what make it kinda disturbing imo, uplifting melody with the images of a "dad who dreamt of all the ways to die" and stuff haha
+WeAreTheInsurgents This. Every time I listen to it, I find myself in a much better mood than I was before, despite the dark lyrics.
Alexander yeah that line gets me everytime :-/
Thomas Bohrer I personally perceive it the same way, but after "Oh Comley" my mood definitely takes a nose dive.
Narciscynic I agree with the king of carrot flowers comment. When I listen to the song and hear the part speaking of the messed up situation dealing with parents in a depressed and abusive relationship it's sad but yet he had someone he loved around still that he had his Escape basically and none of the other messed up parts of his life mattered at that moment. Basically it's a roller coaster of emotions lol.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOU JEEEEEEEEEEEZUZ CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST
+Real Human Bean JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZUS CHRIST I LOOOOOOOUUUOOOVE YOOUOOOUOOOO YEEEEAEEEEAAESS I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
+Real Human Bean I hate him.
+Scarfaceman77 E D G Y
+Scarfaceman77 E D G Y
+Scarfaceman77 E D G Y
The ITAOTS Effect.
1st day: Hmmm, I don't really see the appeal of this album.
3rd day: Some of these are pretty catchy...
10th day: NOW YOUR EYES AIN'T MOVING NOW THEY JUST LAY THERE IN THEIR CLIIIIIIIIMB
is climb the real lyrics?
couldn't parse it out
It's "they just lay there in their glass"
I think anyways
It is climb.
4th day:JESUS CHRIST
5th day I LOVE YOU
6th day: YESSSSS IIIIIII
7th dayLDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
10th day:And on the lazy days the dogs dissolve and drain away the world it goes and always waits the day we are awaiting
if you didn't like it first listen, youre just bandwagoning because you're told this album is good
No line hits me harder in a song then, "I wish I could save her in some sort of time machine"
+Hexted Oh Comely is full of lines that shake me emotionally, "Goldaline my dear, we will fold and freeze together", "Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine" just to name a few. Paired with the horns near the end and the vocal harminization, it 's a very powerful song
Such a great album
+Hexted "secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep."
love that one.
i really love singing all the songs in this album, and Oh Comely is one of my favorites
different colors made of tears
How the hell do you manage to sing these
Just heard the song "Holland,1945" as part of a meme thing. Hooked me and this album is now my cocaine.
if it was from a channel that was 1868 or something I fell down the same rabbit hole
@@synarchistcarcinogen4273 same
The only girl I ever loved
I literally only saw this album in memes and avoided listening to it because of that but I heard that song and fell in love. I love twin fantasy and all sorts of lo fi indie garage rock so it's right up my alley I just regret waiting to listen to it for so long. I also love on avery island
I love that song so much
I had no idea this album was so well known. In 2006/07 some guy on the internet I was friends with on a video game message board recommended it to me and I loved it. Helped me learn guitar chords. I’d always randomly burst out “when you were young you were the king of carrot flowers!” And my sisters thought I was crazy. Story of a suburban black kid in the 2000s
I hope you realize the implication of singing this to your sisters of all people
@@dalluc nope, I don’t even know what the song is about. I prefer it that way
That's probably one of the worst songs to sing to your sister...
@@benonyt2150what does it mean
@@ShottaKenya Let's just leave it at that, it's better this way...
so this is the original meme review
Avizanski you didn’t even know....
Grayotic this has aged like wine
Yo what the fuck
Yo what the fuck
@@sampitman3630 Wait, I'm confused, how is this a meme review?
The comments here are either:
•I LOOOVEEE YOU JESUUUUSSS CHRIIIIISSSTTTT
•Making a meme out of Runthony Fastano
•deep, intuitive review of why this album was a gift from God
basically Fantano's comments section in a nutshell.
"I love you Jesus Christ"
"Jesus Christ, I love you"
That line speaks to me on a different level man.
Kanye West - Jesus Is King
@@moesalamander7012 lol
wait til this guy hears about church
I love you RoachDoggJr
I love youuuuu RoachDog Juuniooorrrrr
OK Computer also, uses simple chords, simple progressions, simple.
Except Paranoid Android. Shit's hard, yo.
ok computer is essentialy an unoriginal pop rock album
No. no it's not. It's a very original, very listenable rock album. That doesn't make it bad automatically, just like pop music isn't automatically bad.
Oh poop. Fooled again.
The Gaytriarchy I personally get bored with the album, as good as it is. I thought Kid A was more innovative
+CStubbsSubs to be honest lucky and the tourist are also pretty interesting. But radiohead (especially on ok computer and kid a) is more about the effects atmosphere and lines to the songs. Kinda how climbing up the walls is pretty simple but the strings and the eerie effects make it very interesting.
I WATCH THIS EVERY DAY TO REMIND MY HOW MUCH I LOVE JESUS CHRIST
Why would you watch an album review to remind you about how much you love Jesus?
+matt m King of carrot flowers part two.
It's a lyric in one of the songs
He's a Buddhist now.
Iiiii lovvveee youuuuu jeuuuus chriiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssttttt.
I just discovered this album... i listen to alternative and hip-hop, but this is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard in my entire life. It’s absolutely fantastic. 10/10
It actually is
I agree, in fact the albums title song should be one of those songs you gotta hear before you die, it's just that amazing.
Almost cried at the end of it.
You ever listen to something and just... when it's over it leaves you empty, like when you were listening to it, you were in a moment of blissful confusion but you were enjoying it, and you were sad... but the sadness was justified- and felt right.
I love this Album.
'Untitled' is unbelievably uplifting. It makes me smile instantly.
SpareTheGoryDetails yea, it's the only song I like from the album
OntY-Op fool
Best song off that album IMO
Music is not always about technicalities or complexity; its about emotion and power as well as the artists ability to show you that emotion while making it believable. some of the best songs are 3 to 6 chords with melody only pushed by the power of a singers voice. In my opinion, if you only like music that shows off the artists ability to play an instrument. Than you don't really love music; you love instruments.
I love this comment. Legendary
I couldn't agree more. To me, this album grabs me because of the emotional impact of the vocals.
Well maybe if you really only care about the singer and the words being sung, you don't really love music; you love poetry.
couldnt have said this any better, thank you
Polly by nirvana is only 3 chords played over and over again, and sends out a meaningful message.
Itaotsthony /mu/tano
Barvoucher Bizzle fuck off
okay
Chantony Fourtano
GenoSkill edgelord 3000
wait what I don't get it
Okay, time for me to get something off my chest: if you don't like this album...that's fine. You're absolutely entitled to your opinion, and you can't be forced to like or dislike anything. HOWEVER, I am sick of being accused all over the internet of being some hipster poseur who pretends to like ITAOTS in order to be cool, and from what I can gather, I'm nowhere near the only one. People get this idea into their head that because they hate this album, NO ONE could possibly genuinely like it, and thus they believe that Neutral Milk Hotel's entire fan-base consists of dishonest assholes. This album is not "Overrated". The "Emperor" doesn't "Have no clothes". This album affected me on a very deep level, and continues to every time I listen to it again. If it doesn't affect you the same way, THAT"S FINE, but please don't devalue me as a human being by claiming, without knowing me or anything about me, that my feelings don't count. Calling this album overrated is basically saying "This is an album thousands of people treasure and find incredible meaning in, but I didn't like it, so I guess they're wrong".
I'll drink to that man
Now wait just a minute. Everybody has the right to feel however they want about whatever they want, right? So why are you basically saying that it's wrong to express the opinion that this album's overrated (not my opinion, but still, this whole paragraph kind of got destroyed with that last sentence)? I have just as much a right to call this overrated as I do to say the same thing about The Beatles or Beethoven or whoever or whatever else I want. I agree that nobody deserves to be devalued for having an opinion (which some people would say I'm fairly hypocritical for saying, but I'm trying to fix old habits), but aren't you kind of devaluing people who call the album overrated by making them seem kind of asshole-ish? Maybe you didn't intend to come across that way, but that's just kind of how I interpreted this.
Z_Man1209
The feeling "I don't like this album" is different from the feeling "This album is overrated", or, to put it more bluntly, "Everyone who likes this album is wrong". To call something overrated is to say "Everybody who likes this is gullible enough to like something that I, in my infinite wisdom, can see isn't actually any good." "Overrated" is an adjective that doesn't fall into the "Everyone is entitled to their opinion of a work of art" category of discussion, because it extends beyond the quality of the work itself, implying a very negative opinion of a number of actual, human consumers of said work. You're no longer saying "I dislike this thing", you're saying "All fans of this thing, just because they like this thing, are at least somewhat stupid".
Which, I mean, you can still think, but that doesn't mean you're not a dick
I saw Neutral Milk Hotel in Boston. Must have been 98 or 99. I had no idea who they were going in. They were touring with a few other bands like Of Montreal I think. I got the emotional impact of this music right away and the passion of Jeff Magnum. So I bought the CD. I loved it and listened to it frequently. It had a deep impact on my soul that I can't explain. The people around me at the time didn't like it all. I didn't know until a few years ago that this is a well known album and many people consider it a classic. So nobody can tell me that I poser pretending to like it to be cool.
I like some tracks of the album but i despise King Of Carrots Pt 2&3
There is a reason its the mascot of /mu/
/mu/ mascots- Nuetral milk hotel, my bloody valentine, radiohead, death grips and Kanye
Exio yeah, except they are
1111111 11111 DOOM too
@Abyssal don't it's a shitty fucking place filled with toxicity
@Abyssal there are better places to get music reccomendations
The stories aren't nonsensical at all. They are all tied together and Jeff lays it out pretty clearly, I feel. The narrator is telling the story of how he came to fall in love with the book The Diary of Anne Frank and the idea of Anne Frank herself. He tries to imagine himself as a 15 year old boy in Holland and what life could have been like.
The album opens with the narrator explaining how awful his childhood was and the events that twisted him to the point that could push a person to seek refuge within the cover of a book. He falls in love with Anne Frank through the book and learns to cope with the fact that she is dead. He even points out the specific room in which he first came to love the book in the opening song! (The exclamation I love you, Jesus Christ I do! [admitting to himself that he has fallen in love]; I'll take you and leave you alone [separation of real life from his fantasy world]) I really think King of Carrot Flowers pt. 2+3 is one of the greatest love songs for a woman ever written and she isn't even living.
I'm actually lead to believe that he even indicates that he played with dolls or something like that in a pretend world. He highlights that two headed boy will use pulleys and weights to create a world just for two (much like a puppet show would). He mentions that he uses his fingers to make her muscles move and how a sweet voice came out.
Hell, in Holland 1945 he straight up says "the only girl I've ever loved was born with roses in her eyes." That's a direct allusion to Anne Frank.
My favorite is actually two headed boy. He highlights, for example, that the boy (himself at 15) has no reason to grieve, the world that he seeks is wrapped in gold and silver sleeves (the sleeves of a hardcover book) left beneath christmas trees at christmas time for children to leave. He can always find refuge within the book.
Really, the entire album is a sort of record of the narrator falling into a deep seated love and depression and pulling himself out of it at the end.
awesome interpretation! great job
JPM dude, that was a really well thought out and mind opening representation. Thank you so much :)
She was like 14 tho wtf
@@blat9024 im pretty sure its a meme
Wow, there's no way this isn't it! I have to screenshot this comment with all the examples and insight you've given. You should do reviews haha
I don't understand, if this album is overrated it would be highly praised/recommended yet my whole time living I've never heard anyone recommend this to me let alone talk about it.
Mostly because it was spread word of mouth and not promoted at all really or on a very large label I think.
28 year old music devotee here, never heard of this album until today
Adam Seneca what do you think about it?
It's popular on internet culture. You probably won't really listen to anyone IRL talk about it.
Adam Seneca lmao yeah I’m kinda curious too
I paused this halfway through, smoked, came back and listened to the full LP. One of the best decisions I've ever made
Matt Lesner you don good
Matt Lesner you’re so cool
Rezzy hey fucko. That’s the best way to listen
how is this exactly what i did¿
Dustin G found the kid in high school who snitched on the kids smoking beneath the bleachers
"a review of Neutral Milk Hotel's seminal In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Is that a pun?
Lol i bet you were surprised when you saw a reply to a comment you posted 4 you years ago. Also i think it is
SEMENal album
23 Heathrow smelling of semen
@Vortex x hey
Semen stains the mountaintops
An easy 10/10. I don't have to explain myself. I win.
I agree
It's just one of those records that is released once every two decades. Flawless. I can't even think of a Pavement record this good. And Pavement is my favorite 90s band.
No one was even playing with you.
***** Couldn't resist. I could go on about this album but it still wouldn't explain why I think it's awesome
Jem S hey
I think what Jeff means by "filled with flames" is passionate aggression. He also says in Two Headed Boy part 2 "head filled with flames". So when he says "playing pianos filled with flames" he means that the boy in Spain is letting out his aggression on the piano. That's just my interpretation.
Hardest hitting line for me is "In my dreams you're alive a dreams you're cryyyiinnggggggg"
"I love you Jesus Christ" gave me goose bumps
I'm a 50-year-old Scotsman. That's me in my picture, can't get more Scots than that. Anyway, this album touches me in a way that few in my life has. It really does exist on a different level emotionally than anything else I can think of. It just seems to take me to a place in time that no other record does. I really believe he felt deep emotion for the things that had hurt others and that he simply could not fix. But then again, I'm mentally ill, so...who knows.
I swear he could release this video again and I would have no clue that it was made almost a decade ago
Jesus Christ
It's a piece of art. Pure, sincere art. The most amazing album I've heard so far in my small portion of lived life.
still think so?
@@nivarad8497 It's still up there, but no. I don't think in absolutes anymore ;)
@@diogoRibeirinha ever browsed /mu/?
@@kwelski9665 8 years ago? sure. haven't been anywhere close anything related to /mu/ in probably 6 years now. i kinda grew up lol
@@diogoRibeirinhaan album recommendation possibly?
holy shit i love this album. the king of carrot flowers always makes me feel like i've been away for a very long time and now i've come home and i'm being welcomed with open arms, loving smiles, and sweet, nostalgic recollections.
I can't really like this music because my ex-best friend would always listen to this album and other similar music and complain about the problems he and his high school girlfriend were having and how much he didn't want to grow up and how he wish he could stay a teenager forever and he used music from this album and similar to fuel this. And he would always tell me that he can't think of anyone that had a harder life and it pissed me off. I honestly, truly cannot disassociate this album with the obnoxiousness of that experience.
This is the best thing I've ever read
I'm very sorry to hear that.
or the obnoxiousness of the comments section in any of their videos
That's the best thing about music is that whatever it associates with, it will be stuck with it forever!!!
David Rocastle I wish I could like a comment more than once.
When I first heard this album I was like “hey that’s pretty good”
A week later: *IIIIIIIIII LOOOVE YOUUUUU JESUUUUUUUUUS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST*
This album, along with Lonesome Crowded West, is my favorite
William Matlock Yessss
+William Matlock took the words right out of my mouth
Fuck yeah
Don't forget everywhere and his nasty parlor tricks
Dude wtf i just listen to LCW for like a week non stop and now i'm really into this one
the little boy in spain playing pianos filled with flames is a reference to one of alejandro jodorowskis early movies. he also is a very surreal artist.
Idk I just think opening this video with "hey everyone, Annethony Franktano here" was a bit insensitive...
Deserves to be top comment
Jeffthony Mangtano
annethony franktano
Redthany Flannelo
Anthony fantano
Stallionthony Mangtano
Sometimes certain lyrics of the album fly by me, but then I listen again and those lyrics that flew by before just hit me in the heart in ways I can’t explain.
right?? me too omg
I was introduced to this album by my girlfriend at the time a few years back and I immediately fell in love with it and almost naturally I associated it to her. After listening to it its exactly how you describe it, an emotional roller coaster. When we broke up and I tried listening to this album again I found it incredibly difficult to listen to it without thinking of her which would cause me to tear up and almost feel depressed. So I put off this album for about 2 years without listening to it in fear of going back into that emotional sinkhole. But thankfully I got over this albums attachment to that point in my life because this album will always be one of my favorites.
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A hauntingly beautiful album. It's very dear and personal to me. So much heartbreak, anger, nostalgia, and anticipation strewn across sonic landscapes that evoke the bizarre and the familiar. In the Aeroplane Over The Sea is one of the few albums that is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
Anthony after watching your review I actually went out and bought this and honestly it was the best 12 bucks I have ever spent. Absolutely incredible from the instrumentation to Jeff's haunting yet romantic lyrics. Quickly becoming one of my favorites.
Haha Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 is so sad
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Hahahah wtf
Oh Comely is one of the best creation of the whole history of human kind.
"she will feed you tomatoes and radio wires" is this real life what even...
can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all
Don’t let the stigma of /mu put you off. It’s really a great listen and is somehow that level of hyped. But also fully enjoyable and catchy that most albums won’t get to.
From the start of the King of Carrot Flowers right until the end are consistently great. Even the darkest moments feel great
This album, along with Neutral Milk Hotel in its entirety, is very much a love/hate relationship with all its listeners.
It truly boils down to this: If you enjoy loud, busy, confusing music, chances are you're going to love it.
But, if you limit yourself to technicalities and pure formulaic skill, you'll hate it.
I hope y'all can understand what I'm trying to say here. Me personally, I love the album, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Problem is, everyone is jumping up saying their opinion is fact. That needs to change.
this is one of my favorite albums of all time
It's easily my favorite album of all time, I know every word and it hits my heart in a special way no other album does.
something unexplainable, in the simple melodies and non perfect vocals makes it way way better than it should
I think Dogs by Floyd could have been a meme like this if it was given the same attention.
STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE STONE
Fiftythousandfrozenfoxes You gotta be crazy.
my 2nd favorite floyd song
Fiftythousandfrozenfoxes great song.
Fiftythousandfrozenfoxes drag ston e
This is the first album I listened to that I had discovered completely on my own without the help of anyone else. The songs have gotten me through thick and thin and hold a very dear place in my heart.
One of my favourite albums, it reaches me on so many emotional levels. I come back to it every now and then as the years go by and it gets me every time.
Love this review as well, thank you!
This album literally punches me in my feels. I was in 8th grade when I first started listening to this album, and in Reading class we were learning all about the Holocaust. When I read up on the album and really looked at the lyrics and discovered that a lot of it was about Anne Frank and the Holocaust, it just took the sadness of the album to a whole new level. Now when I listen to it, I just get so sad and think about the horror that happened at that time, but I can't stop listening to it because the songs are so fucking good.
When i finish the album i feel like i finished an amazing book
thethony fooltano
chase ruel annethony fooltano
chase ruel Carrethany Flowerthano
Twoheadny Boytano
@@eero4516 Carrothany*
unthony itledtano
This is one of the most unique albums ever, it's very polarizing, either you love it, or you think it's a joke, either way, if you've heard, you likely have strong feelings about it. In the end isn't that part of what seperates an album from a classic?
He didn't get older, his lights just got whiter.
Wow can’t believe he rated it a 2/10
Still one of the best album ever made!
I'd love more classic reviews, Anthony. I've been watching many of your old videos and I am a fan of many classics myself. Some of your classic videos have gotten me into bands, and others have reaffirmed my love for some old bands. A Pink Floyd review is especially one i would love
Thanks, Fantano. Watching this review inspired me to take a second look at Aeroplane, and I really appreciate the symbolism, the themes and the poetry of the lyrics.
the dude has a MASSIVE... lung capacity
“Mangum dong”
Years ago back, I was hanging out with some friends, the kind of friends you are only friends with because you like to get fucked up. We had been doing dangerous amounts of cocaine all night drinking excessively. I mentioned this album thinking they may not know it, their fucking eyes lit up, we turned this on full blast and sang our hearts out every song. I wouldn't take it back for anything. I'll always remember that, 5 am just screaming 'Oh comley' with these random guys. I have made many mistakes in my life and took the consequences, but some of things I have experienced were surreal. Wouldn't change anything. This album makes me tear up everytime, so many different emotions.
the image in my head... so much cringe
can you PLEASE review american football? or owen-owen
definitely a classic.
I would also love to see Anthony review American Football. It’s a very different sport with very odd rules. I would love to hear his opinion on if
i was on the fence about this album until i saw this review. i took a listen and oh my god. this is a brilliant piece of abstract art from start to finish. i love every aspect of this album, from dynamics to texture and beyond. it's a captivating piece that will grab you and drag you through a vivid emotional wasteland, but is interpretive enough to mean basically anything within that context. absolutely a top album for me after first listen. goddammit 4chan
I will never forget the first time I heard this album. I was lying in bed and staring at the ceiling. It was late at night, I was really depressed and couldn't sleep. I happened across this c.d. and it was next to me on my nightstand so I put it in and laid back down to stare at the ceiling while I listened to it. I began this journey from the very first notes of the song and continued in this amazing, transformative adventure until the very end. From that night on, I was a devoted follower.
this album grows on me each time i listen to it. Love it
I feel that if you don't like this album, we can't be friends.
Haha .. yep...
Such a stunning album! Pulls you into its surreal, beautiful world every time...
Just heard this album for the first time yesterday. And I was listening to a lot of music in the 1990s, so this one just slipped me by.
Absolutely beautiful album, clearly an artist who prefers the emotional to the technical. The lyrics are just the right balance of narrative and abstract. The chords (tonality) is very recognisably 90s, with it's shifting major-minor expectations that was popularised throughout grunge music.
The style is not folk nor grunge, but a very satisfying and authentic amalgamation of those two genres.
It's the perfect album to fall in love to, or to travel with, or to allow yourself to sink into a fug of whimsy whilst lying in a meadow. It's the kind of album that you can obsess over, it's a perfect encapsulation of 1990s music whilst also being timeless.
For me the worst part is the fact that the home-made aesthetic leads to some imperfections that are quirky on the first listen but grating after a few listens. Like the fact that his Uiellean pipes are never quite in tune, or the way he pushes his voice so hard on some tracks that you get tape distortion in the vocal part.
But overall it's definitely an album I'll be coming back to again and again, and it highlights sadly how few albums are being made nowadays of this musical quality.
It has such an enticing opening that it hooks you for the whole thing
This album changed my life. It ships you in to every emotion, ones you didn’t even know you had. Especially two headed boy. The battle between the person you are in your own head and the person you display on the outside. That’s what it is to me at least. It’s the first album that really made me dig deep and experience the emotions I’ve buried for so long. Liberating and terrifying at the same time.
I had an identical experience when I first listened. It's crazy how often I go back
This album changed my life. I use to listen to it with my ex. It's been one of the constants in my life. I love it more than most things.
My favorite part is
We know who our *breath* enemIES AAAAAAAAAARREEEEEEEE
Guess I have been living under a rock, since I just discovered this album two months ago. Now, I can't put it down...it's just so heartfelt and beautiful. "...God is a place we will wait for the rest of our lives...two headed boy...she is all you could need..."
Oh Comely is my second favourite song of all time. It got me into this album, it was the first song from it I learned on my guitar, it inspired so many songs I would go on to write, and it remains my favourite song from my favourite album I’ve heard (Daniel Johnson’s 1990 is a close 2nd). I learned every single song from this LP and I play the whole thing out on my guitar every month or two.
When you were talking about the sadness of the lyrics, it just resonated with me. Two Headed Boy just makes me extremely sad, I absolutely love this album.
Where has this album been in the last 19 years of my life? Seriously, I'm glad I found this.
There's a reason this album illicits such a response from EVERYONE, rather it be a harsh blind criticism or an overhyped god status. All I can say is that I've never heard a more passionate album before in my life, with all players putting their all into it, about what they're not ashamed of. Jeff's voice being the chief example of this, and his lyric content. It may be the purest thing I know in life.
I only recently got into this band. Love the album, so excited to see them in Boston next week!
This album gives me a nostalgic vibe that I cannot describe
I love folk, I love punk rock, I love psychedelic rock, I love surreal lyrics. How have I not heard of this album until now?!!!! THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!
I was somewhat ignorant of the hype and the jokes surrounding this album going in today. I just listened to it because I was really into the lo-fi-ness of the White Stripes a year ago, am really into the soundscapes and deep lyrics of Radiohead now, and like some Arcade Fire. This album is freakin' amazing. I love Jeff's voice. It conveys so many emotions, and the fact that you can hear him straining so hard only contributes to the music. I wish so much that there was more material to listen to.
Great, great review my friend. You really understand the music, and you really know how to approach describing it with words. You have a way of hitting the right "points" with just the right expressions. You might just be the greatest video-based reviewer of music albums in the world today.
great review, man! this album deserves some love for sure!
I never listened to an album that made me laugh hysterically and be in so much awe at the same time. I’m not even sure what’s going on sometimes but I love it. I love how they just kind of said screw the limits of sound let’s blow this out and make it music. Amazing album.
just found this album,
I haven't stopped listening to it
I had no idea this album ever was. I found it due to the odd internet hype. Yet now that I have heard it it has become part of my spirit. I enjoyed the review. I am glad you made it.
My brother in law gave me this album as a gift about two years ago and I finally gave it a listen for the first time in early 2015. I was in 6th grade back in 98' when this album came out and had never once heard of this band in all the years since. I had no idea it was a cult/critic phenomenon, no formed bias or opinion, and no idea what I was about to discover. I was completely blown away. At first I wasn't quite sure what I was hearing...and then I was fascinated...and then I was hungry, hooked, and longing for the raw emotion that only this album seems to give you once you're aware of what music can be but never lives up to. I can understand why people are divided or confused by the overwhelming praise that this album has been given. I think this is just one of those things that either grabs you and never lets go or passes over your head without notice. Do yourself a favor and give it your full attention several times through. If nothing else, check out "Oh Comely". If it doesn't strike you as raw, emotional, and painfully honest, then Neutral Milk Hotel may not be quite what you're looking for...
Both worlds work. The jokes are funny, and the album's great. I mean.. look at that album cover... How could there not be jokes?
Wish he'd review the glow part 2
+imelroy will somebody send me the link to it?
+zenscape87 no
+zenscape87 Oh hey, that's my favorite album :D
Nice prediction.
this reviews description of the album, + me having heard the album, really inspired me with working on this song that i thought was at a dead end
I found this album by accident. Didn't know it was so famous. I loved it. I feel like its so grounded and extra at the same time. I feel like I understand the emotions in his voice and the instrumentals are a rollercoaster of extacy and sadness
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This Classic Review is now a classic review
This is by far the best review of this album I have seen.
I had never heard of this album until I watched this review for the first time. Now, after The Avalanches Since I Left You, it's my second favorite album. So many thanks to you, Fantano, for introducing me to this fantastic album.
+Jarod KC You have good taste.