- Audio CD (April 12 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Barsuk
- ASIN: B000066AMZ
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #216,992 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Fiend In A Cloud |
| 2. Me And My 424 |
| 3. Underneath The Leaves |
| 4. Interlude #4 |
| 5. The Mansion |
| 6. Nikki Oh Nikki |
| 7. Amitriptyline |
| 8. Greyhound |
| 9. Interlude #5 |
| 10. Cool Purple Mist |
| 11. From Out Here |
| 12. Fiend In A Cloud, Pt 2 |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Take one engineer-singer-songwriter of vision, depth, and appeal, grappling with the great ontological and epistemological questions of post-modernism and the Enlightenment. Add Sloppy Hi-FiT, rhythm, melody, diverse instrumentation, a compelling storyline, and extra lyrics from cult punk-folk hero John Darnielle (Mountain Goats, Extra Glenns). Bring far-flung indie rocker friends together from bands like Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie , Beulah, Mates of State, Kind of Like Spitting, and the Court and Spark, and trust these musicians to do what they know best. What do you get? John Vanderslice's third solo (yet collaborative) concept album, a satirical rocker about an American artist "gone crackers" and "washed up" by 19. These are 12 songs about muses, metaphysics, drugs, four-trackers, and suicide. Vanderslice named his first album after a Neutral Milk Hotel lyric; this time out, fans of the enigmatic should look for references to Marcel Duchamp, the Microphones, the Danielson Famile, Yes, and William Blake, whose poetry on the pain of existence is used as a framing device. --Jillian Steinberger
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5.0 out of 5 stars
really fun!,
By Lovely (Loveland, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life And Death Of An American (Audio CD)
this is a great album! it's really fun and funny in spots! I love John Vanderslice!
1.0 out of 5 stars
I don't do stars. Read the review.,
By Fill's Pector (the future dashboard) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life And Death Of An American (Audio CD)
a sloppy mess of an album. and short, too, with repeats and fillers. but oh, how joyful a thing it is. there's a duck or a goose running around squawking in excitement -- i'm not sure what he's saying as I don't speak duck or goose or whatever but five'll get you ten (you're going to die) it's something along the lines of "wow! this is good stuff! whoda thunk it?" it also raises that age old question: how many guests can you crowd on to an album and still call it one man's album? who is this john vanderslice anyway? a conduit, i say. not counting the duck, there's how many guest appearances on this album? and then there are the ghosts -- wm. blake, obviously, who was kind enough to write the lyrics for track 1 and track 9. and i swear I sense the ghost of Elliot Smith, may his soul rest in peace, on Greyhound, buddying up to WB Yeats (the best lack all conviction, while the worst/are full of passionate intensity.) nikki oh nikki is the song i wake up in the middle of the night to find myself singing... my roommate just started sleeping on the couch, i guess hearing "he's going to die" while laying in the dark and cold was a bit much for him. It's a bit much for me; no one should be able to write such slow, sloppy, weird song that so utterly get under your skin, under your organs, into the cords of your being. I don't really buy it as a concept album. They're a bunch of songs about imbalance, losing love, disillusionment, things gone wrong. So's every Everclear record. Doesn't make it conceptual. Good thing it's better than Everclear. please, good sir, bring me some more. mikee likee.
5.0 out of 5 stars
cheer up, indie rocker,
By "twisted_cinema" (outside a night club in dc) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life And Death Of An American (Audio CD)
i'll admit, i had never heard of john vanderslice until i saw him open for beulah. to my surprise, after talking to a few people, most people were there to see him instead of the headliner. anyway, after getting kicked out of the club (oops), john saw my sister and me hanging outside, and he offered to get me back in, if possible. what a nice guy! i was really amazed by how amiable he was to two strangers. even though he didn't get us back in, when he saw me by the bar, he gave me a big smile and said it was nice to see me again.my apologies that this isn't a music review, but i just wanted to say how nice john is.
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