Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea


1.0
awful

Review

by Jonathan McCombs USER (3 Reviews)
June 30th, 2018 | 163 replies


Release Date: 1998 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Crap.

Right now I'm listening to Frank Zappa's "Jazz From Hell." Great piece of music. This, on the other hand, is garbage. On FZ's side you have true innovation, true imagination, true sight. On this end of what some call "music" you have positive silence (that which cannot be positive). This album might appeal to fools. What sucks about this album?! Let's find out.





A man enters his room; he looks around and finds clothing and various artifacts. He sees them and makes no comment, for he has already seen them before. "These are clothes" his mind states (in the background). No need to expound on first principles. A few bald men tell him that they are clothes. He states, "I know!" Here you have to whole essence of the album.





In other words, the album is "music." Is it hyper-dimensional journeys into the beyond? Perhaps not. In fact, its likely more akin to a trip to McDonald's.


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    She will live forever, all goes on and on and on...

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Comments:Add a Comment 
Snake.
June 30th 2018


25250 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

good job review the deftones next

Drifter
June 30th 2018


20822 Comments


Well said

MrHarrison
June 30th 2018


451 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

review of the year buddy

MyNameIsPencil
June 30th 2018


6637 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

pos

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
June 30th 2018


26081 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

will this never end

sixdegrees
June 30th 2018


13127 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

best doofuswainwright alt yet

MrHarrison
June 30th 2018


451 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

wait whats "irony"

AngryJohnny
June 30th 2018


1028 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

easy neg

RadicalEd
June 30th 2018


9546 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

hot take alert.

Pajolero
June 30th 2018


1421 Comments


Funny I feel the same way about everything Radiohead does

Zig
June 30th 2018


2747 Comments


Not that bad.

Nice review, btw.

GooGooGajoob
June 30th 2018


236 Comments


I don't get the hype for this record at all. I understand the appeal only in that I've seen how influential it has been.

ryancrist
June 30th 2018


11 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

epic dude

butcherboy
June 30th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

pos.. album is pointlessly precious hipster twee fucktwaddle..

butcherboy
June 30th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

be a DArius, not a NYETrius..

butcherboy
June 30th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

indeed..

JustJoe.
June 30th 2018


10944 Comments


I like this album.

😒

ArsMoriendi
June 30th 2018


40965 Comments


"Right now I'm listening to Frank Zappa's "Jazz From Hell." Great piece of music. This, on the other hand, is garbage. On FZ's side you have true innovation, true imagination, true sight. On this end of what some call "music" you have positive silence (that which cannot be positive)."

As someone whose favorite artist is Frank Zappa and loves Jazz from Hell, but doesn't care for NMH, I find this mindblowingly stupid. Please be a troll.

Zeuzo
June 30th 2018


2344 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It is a troll it’s so obvious

GhostB1rd
June 30th 2018


7938 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Mayhem and Butch derpin' hard itt.



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