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: Artist: Mountain Goats :
: Album: Full Force Galesburg :
: Tracks: 16 :
: Time: 0:41 hours
: Bitrate: 192kbit True Stereo
: Source: Compact Disc :
: Genre: Indie :
: Label: emperor jones :
: Str.Date: 06/10/1997 :
: Rip.Date: 01/02/2003 :
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.. About This Release .......................................
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: John Darnielle's lo-fi, acoustic passion is in full :
: effect on Full Force Galesburg. As usual, there's :
: little to distinguish one song from the next, and, as :
: usual, Darnielle doesn't need to do any distinguishing, :
: as he gets by on emotion alone. The Mountain Goats' :
: albums are known for quickly strummed guitars and :
: brittle, affected vocals. There are quiet moments to be :
: found on Full Force Galesburg, such as "Weekend in :
: Western Illinois," but for the most part, the album :
: makes its stance with those fierce, poetic vocals and :
: rapid guitar work of past releases. "Song for the :
: Julian Calendar" certainly has shimmering, bright :
: elements, and it almost seems that one is listening to :
: chamber pop. That's the kind of tone that Darnielle is :
: able to create; you get the feeling that you're :
: listening to something quite lush, but you know it's :
: been primitively recorded. There are moments where his :
: guitar echoes Johnny Marr's early work with the Smiths :
: and even the bass of New Order's Peter Hook. It's a :
: driving, jangling quality that never grows tiresome :
: over the album's 16 tracks. Whether he's fumbling :
: around memories of watching Cassius Clay on "Original :
: Air-Blue-Gown" or desperately repeating "it's all :
: coming apart again" on "It's All Here in Brownsville," :
: Darnielle's lyrics and songs always make for an :
: interesting listen. While the music might not bring a :
: listener to tears, it can work to sadden or uplift :
: during a lonely moment. Full Force Galesburg is not for :
: everyone, if simply for the lo-fi recording and depth :
: of emotion on display. It's an album of gentle, yet :
: passionate catharsis, and it's never really less than :
: compelling. ù Tim DiGravina :
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.. Track List ...............................................
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: 01 New Britain 2:36 :
: 02 Snow Owl 2:18 :
: 03 West Country Dream 2:03 :
: 04 Masher 3:21 :
: 05 Chinese House Flowers 2:57 :
: 06 Ontario 2:30 :
: 07 Down Here 1:35 :
: 08 Twin Human Highway Flares 2:42 :
: 09 Weekend In Western Illinois 2:43 :
: 10 Us Mill 2:27 :
: 11 Song For The Julian Calendar 2:17 :
: 12 Maize Stalk Drinking Blood 2:26 :
: 13 Evening In Stalingrad 2:31 :
: 14 Minnesota 3:58 :
: 15 Original Air-Blue-Gown 2:51 :
: 16 It's All Here In Brownsville 1:53 :
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: Hey you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? Theres a frood :
: who really knows where his towel is. :
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