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Moody, majestic, and unpredictable, All Is Dream plays like Deserter's Songs' evil twin, polarizing that album's gently trippy, symphonic pop into paranoid and exuberant extremes that range from the eerie lullaby "Lincoln's Eyes" to the giddy show-tune-in-search-of-a-musical "A Drop in Time." Starting with the symphonic grandeur of "The Dark Is Rising," the album's ambitious, self-indulgent vibe recalls '60s and '70s psych and prog rock concept albums as well as the band's own expansive body of work. The first half of All Is Dream journeys through the band's dark side with songs like the brooding "Tides of the Moon," which pits Jonathan Donahue's spooked, singsong vocals against appropriately unearthly theremins, glockenspiels, and organs, while the second half's "Nite and Fog" and "Little Rhymes" sound twice as sunny compared to the preceding weirdness. The contrast between the album's halves is so sharp that it seems designed for vinyl; flipping this record over would be immensely satisfying. Though nothing on All Is Dream is as immediate as Deserter's Songs' "Goddess on a Hiway" or "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp," this album may be stronger as a whole, moving gracefully from singer/songwriter ballads like the beautiful "Spiders and Flies" to guitar-driven epics like "You're My Queen" and "Hercules." An unfashionably self-indulgent and earnest album, All Is Dream certainly isn't for everyone, and may not even be for some Mercury Rev fans, but in its own personal, insular way, it's another triumph for the band. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Track Listing
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| 1. The Dark Is Rising |
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| 2. Tides Of The Moon |
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| 3. Chains |
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| 4. Lincoln's Eyes |
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| 5. Nite And Fog |
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| 6. Little Rhymes |
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| 7. A Drop In Time |
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| 8. You're My Queen |
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| 9. Spiders And Flies |
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| 10. Hercules |
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| 1. The Saw Song: (live) |
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| 2. Hercules: (live) |
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| 3. Littley Rhymes: (live) |
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Mrs. Officer Lil Wayne Feat. Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd |
| 20 years ago Hip-Hop was raw, untamed and anarchic. When N.W.A penned hits like 'Straight Outta Compton' and 'F*** Tha Police', you knew the songs were all about rebellion, anti-establishment views and the disenfranchised urban youth of America. However, skip forward to today’s chart friendly and commercialised world of Hip Hop/R&B and we encounter Lil Wayne wanting to 'F*** Tha Police' in an altogether more literal fashion. Completing a year that has seen the New Orleans rapper drop an amazing 23 singles, Lil Wayne caps off 2008 with the release of 'Mrs Officer'; a tale of how even the long arm of the law is irresistible to Lil Wayne's charms. This is all perfectly depicted in the flashy video that sees Wayne stopped in his Ferrari by a female Officer, wearing a uniform that certainly appears to be non regulation, and promptly escorted to Lil Wayne's residence for further 'questioning'. Meanwhile Bobby Valentino, who handles chorus duties on 'Mrs Officer', abuses his authority as an active member of the force by stopping groups of Models at the scene of a crime. Bucking the trend of 2008 for electro touches and robotic auto-tuned voices, 'Mrs Officer' is a pleasant change of pace reminiscent of R. Kelly's 1990's R&B jams with a guitar/rim-shot break that could have been lifted direct from some long-lost Isley Brothers track. Unsurprisingly, 'Mrs Officer' has already been confirmed as yet another success from the half pint hit maker, with its peak at number 16 in the US Billboard charts. ©2008 Shazam Entertainment Limited. All rights reserved. | |
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