Album Rating: 4.5

It's not as good as Deserter's but it's very good and very different



Boney, I'd predict you'd prefer 'Deserters' to this overall.



You might also prefer 'All is Dream' to both :/

It's a lot better than Deserters

Album Rating: 4.5

naw, Deserter's just has that unified feel, that bit of magic



three of these tunes and 'Car Wash Hair' (sort of a bonus track) are legendary though

Deserter's is one of the very few albums where I heard a friend make a convincing case that it is Not Good and now I can't help but think of it a little bit that way. used to love it. also there's a jools holland performance of "holes" that might make you hate it, it sure didn't help for me

Album Rating: 4.5

this band have always been goofy, I prefer their ye olde goofy just before they went too new age'y



nothing will make me hate 'Holes'

Album Rating: 4.5

I've listened to more live Mercury Rev albums than from any other band - I've heard the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to the Rev



Jools Holland performance sounds alright, nice bass, a few shaky parts



Also saw them live at the Reading Festival lying on the ground outside the tent just staring into the night sky - heard 'Holes' but also 'Tides of the Moon' for the first time and that is one of my favourite 'fresh' songs I've ever heard live. That was incredible, lead guitar is so good on that tune, esp live.

Album Rating: 4.5

I will admit if you are trying to have 'good taste tm' - then 'Deserter's Songs' and everything after are sort of off the menu. They are not cool, close to a guilty pleasure band.



Also for non muso types this album is prob goofy and unlistenable too, Baker's vocals alone must be a massive turn off for non music nerds.



I love them though, top 20 band for me mos def

I like the story of them being booted from Lollapalooza '94 for being too loud as a second stage band

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, early years they revelled in annoying people



Think a lot of critics shat on them



They've got spirit, of all the current bands I tend to think Deerhunter have a certain kinship with them any they're another really loud guitar band - and Bradford Cox has his rebellious moments too

hah that's funny it's sort of a generational thing maybe, deerhunter are totally my Mercury Rev in the regard to which you refer

I've seen deerhunter maybe 6x which is a lot for me (probably for most too, although my parents have seen U2...25? 30? times) and i've seen them in good times and I've seen them in bad times but boy are they loud most of the time

uh anyways!

I have a pic with bradford cox age 14 tan is unreal

Album Rating: 4.0

wish I liked Desserter Songs more since the idea of it is neat

Album Rating: 4.5

The music of it is neat



The neatest of all if anything

Album Rating: 4.0

I disagree, especially when compared with this

Album Rating: 4.5

Finally diving into this.

The intro is probably (?(?) my favourite song of all time. If I had to narrow it down to one. Which I don't!

Album Rating: 4.5

Wow, it's a great song for sure. This is mostly great though I'm not huge on "Blue and Black" or "Very Sleepy Rivers" so far. Also kind of annoying that the version on Spotify has "Car Wash Hair" as a hidden track tacked onto the already very long "Very Sleepy Rivers".

Album Rating: 4.5

Was a bit unsure about this on first few spins but I am loving it now. What a beautiful trip.

Album Rating: 4.0

"Blue and Black" and "Very Sleepy Rivers" are easily the only weakpoints



Good opinion



You made sure to hear the version with Car Wash Hair right? Sometimes that one's missing and it's great



I think on Spotify, it's hidden at the end of Very Sleepy Rivers as one track, which is a shame

Album Rating: 4.5

B&B has actually grown on me quite a lot since that message! VSR too but not to quite as great an extent - I think that could have easily been trimmed by like 5 minutes.



Yeah Car Wash might be my favorite here tbh, like I said before it's annoying that it's tacked onto the end of VSR (though there are other versions of it on its own on Spotify, just not on this album).