Mercury Rev All Is Dream LP

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MERCURY REV
ALL IS DREAM

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."
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Released in 2001 on V2 Records
This excellent title by Mercury Rev is rare and out of print on vinyl.
The LP is in exceptional condition.
     disc--NM
     cover--NM
Condition ratings based on Gold Mine Magazine ratings descriptions

Tracks
Side A
     The Dark Is Rising
     Tides Of The Moon
     Chains
     Lincoln's Eyes
     Nite And Fog
Side B
     Little Rhymes
     A Drop In Time
     You're My Queen
     Spiders And Flies
     Hercules

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