Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Label:
Catalog#:
MRG136CD
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
10 Feb 1998
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Alternative Rock,
Lo-Fi,
Indie Rock
Tracklist
| 1 | The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One | 2:00 | ||
| 2 | The King Of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three | 3:06 | ||
| 3 | In The Aeroplane Over The Sea | 3:22 | X | |
| 4 | Two-Headed Boy | 4:26 | X | |
| 5 | The Fool | 1:53 | X | |
| 6 | Holland, 1945 | 3:12 | X | |
| 7 | Communist Daughter | 1:57 | X | |
| 8 | Oh Comely | 8:18 | X | |
| 9 | Ghost | 4:08 | X | |
| 10 | Untitled | 2:15 | X | |
| 11 | Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two | 5:13 |
Credits
Arranged By [Horns] -
Robert Schneider
,
Scott Spillane
Artwork By [Direction] - Chris Bilheimer , Jeff Mangum
Artwork By [Flying Victrola] - Brian Dewan
Bagpipes [Uilleann] - Michelle Anderson
Drums, Organ - Jeremy Barnes
Guitar, Voice, Organ, Tom Tom [Floortom], Bass [Bowed Fuzz], Tape, Effects [Shortwave Radio] - Jeff Mangum
Organ [Home, Air], Bass [Fuzz], Backing Vocals [Harmony Vocal], Piano [One-note] - Robert Schneider
Organ [Wandering Genie], Saw [The Singing], Banjo [Bowed], Accordion, Noises [White Noise] - Julian Koster
Producer - Robert Schneider
Saxophone [Zanzithophone] - Laura Carter
Saxophone, Flugelhorn - Marisa Bissinger
Trombone - Rick Benejamin*
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Euphonium - Scott Spillane
Written-By - Jeff Mangum (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11) , Barnes* (tracks: 2) , Koster* (tracks: 2) , S. Spillane* (tracks: 2, 5)
Artwork By [Direction] - Chris Bilheimer , Jeff Mangum
Artwork By [Flying Victrola] - Brian Dewan
Bagpipes [Uilleann] - Michelle Anderson
Drums, Organ - Jeremy Barnes
Guitar, Voice, Organ, Tom Tom [Floortom], Bass [Bowed Fuzz], Tape, Effects [Shortwave Radio] - Jeff Mangum
Organ [Home, Air], Bass [Fuzz], Backing Vocals [Harmony Vocal], Piano [One-note] - Robert Schneider
Organ [Wandering Genie], Saw [The Singing], Banjo [Bowed], Accordion, Noises [White Noise] - Julian Koster
Producer - Robert Schneider
Saxophone [Zanzithophone] - Laura Carter
Saxophone, Flugelhorn - Marisa Bissinger
Trombone - Rick Benejamin*
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Euphonium - Scott Spillane
Written-By - Jeff Mangum (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11) , Barnes* (tracks: 2) , Koster* (tracks: 2) , S. Spillane* (tracks: 2, 5)
Notes
Recorded in the Elephant 6 Recording Company July-Sept. 1997.
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Reviews & Discussion
I know a lot of people who hate this album, but I love it. Jeff Mangum's voice is definately an acquired taste. On first listen it sounds like whiney emo crap with some horns and acoustic ballads, but after a while the nightmarish and phantasmagoric lyrics worm their way into your brain in spite of the eerily "happy" music. Some of the songs here venture onto surreal hallucinatory planes that Syd Barrett only touched upon (the centerpeice, "Oh Comely," is particularly vivid). And yet it's all somehow hopeful and life-affirming. It's a concept album about life, death, rebirth, family life, the Holocaust and Anne Frank, I guess. I'll be damned if I can make heads or tails of it.