Deserter's Songs

by Mercury Rev

Deserter's Songs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 September 1998
  • Label: V2
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:40
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Jim Burgess, Rachel Handman, Scott Petito, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Jimy Chambers, Matt Jordan, Mary Gavazzi Fridmann, Jeff Mercel, Suzanne Thorpe

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Deserter's Songs' is a sweeping, heavily orchestrated triumph of chamber pop and neo-psychedelia. The band abandons their abrasive indie-rock roots for a lush, cinematic soundscape filled with bowed saws, mellotrons, and deeply bittersweet, nocturnal fantasy narratives.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, atmospheric, orchestral, piano, strings

Tracklist

  1. Holes (5:56)
  2. Tonite It Shows (3:40)
  3. Endlessly (4:25)
  4. I Collect Coins (1:27)
  5. Opus 40 (5:10)
  6. Hudson Line (2:54)
  7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room) (2:06)
  8. Goddess on a Hiway (3:45)
  9. The Funny Bird (5:49)
  10. Pick Up If You're There (3:05)
  11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (6:19)

Credits

  • Mercury Rev - primary artist
  • Jimy Chambers - clavinet, harpsichord, drums, words by
  • Scott Petito - double bass, bass
  • Jeff Mercel - drums
  • Levon Helm - drums
  • Matt Jordan - flugelhorn
  • Suzanne Thorpe - flute
  • Jim deBarros - graphics
  • Grasshopper - guitar [guitar reels], woodwind, words by, vocals
  • Greg Calbi - mastered by
  • Scott Hull - mastered by [mastering assistance]
  • Adam Snyder - organ [b3], mellotron, electric piano [wurlitzer]
  • Joe Concra - painting
  • Kate Hyman - photography by
  • Kevin Salem - photography by
  • Aaron Hurwitz - piano, recorded by
  • Dave Fridmann - piano, bass, mellotron, backing vocals, producer, recorded by
  • Jonathan Donahue - producer, recorded by, vocals, acoustic guitar, chamberlin [chamberlin strings], words by
  • Garrett James Uhlenbrock - recorded by [additional recording], slide guitar
  • Jacques Cohen - recorded by [additional recording]
  • Peter Katis - recorded by [additional recording]
  • Joel Eckhaus - saw [bowed]
  • Mary Gavazzi Fridmann - soprano vocals
  • Garth Hudson - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Jim Burgess - trombone
  • Rachel Handman - violin
  • Amy Helm - vocals [female vox], whistling
  • Marie Spinosa - vocals [female vox], whistling

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