is remarkable; that they should return in 1998 with an album as fine as Deserter's Songs is almost unfeasible. But working by the old adage that "what does not kill us makes us stronger", Deserter's Songs is an album of unparalleled scope. Drawing on the legacy of America's pioneers and the nascent scenes of folk-rock and psychedelia, Mercury Rev have formed a living, breathing piece of heritage. "Holes" is dizzied in America's vast scope, and warmed by woodwind instruments, mellotrons and a Wurlitzer organ. It sounds like a beautiful climax, but it's only the first song, and there's better to come, what with the weathered "Goddess On A Hiway" and "Opus 40". Deserter's Songs is one of the essential American albums at the end of the 1990s. It's hard to see that they--or anyone--can top it. --Louis Pattison
Album Notes: Mercury Rev: Jonathan Donahue (vocals, acoustic guitar, chamberlin); Sean \"Grasshopper\" Mackowiack (vocals, guitar, woodwinds); Suzanne Thorpe (flute); Dave Fridmann (piano, Mellotron, bass, background vocals); Adam Snyder (Wurlitzer piano, Mellotron, Hammond B-3 organ); Jimmy Chambers (harpsichord, clavinet, drums).
Album Reviews: Spin (12/98, pp.184-185) - 8 (out of 10) - \"...It's an album of shameless good-byes: to Manhattan, to love, and (most painfully) to not giving a shit. Successfully repressing his Sonic Youth tics, Donahue starts with goofy, SMILE-era Beach Boys and heaps on even thicker strata of strings and brass than SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE...\"
Titles on disc 1
1.: Holes
2.: Tonite It Shows
3.: Endlessly
4.: I Collect Coins
5.: Opus 40
6.: Hudson Line
7.: Happy End (The Drunken Room)
8.: Goddess On A Hiway
9.: Funny Bird
10.: Pick Up If You're There
11.: Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
Titles on disc 2
1.: Deserter's Songs (film/DVD)
2.: Opus 40 (video/DVD)
3.: Goddess On A Hiway (video/DVD)
4.: Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (audio/Chemical Brothers remix - DVD)
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