Mercury Rev - All Is Dream - UK 1st First Pressing Vinyl - OOP - V2 2001 Rare
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This is the first (and only) pressing of All Is Dream by Mercury Rev. Needless to say, it is out of print!
All Is Dream is Mercury Rev's most fully realized album yet, the ideal follow-up to its predecessor, 1998's acclaimed Deserter's Songs. Like Deserter's, All Is Dream replaces the experimental leanings and noisy guitar wig-outs that marked their early work (especially Yerself Is Steam) with the more subdued (and, arguably, mature) sounds of strings, Mellotrons, and woodwinds.
This time, however, their sound has expanded even further, racing to catch up to the band's considerable imaginations. All Is Dream is an album of sobering beauty, boasting layers of lush orchestration that lend a dream-like atmosphere to the proceedings and an epic scope to the songs. Album opener "The Dark Is Rising" starts with a swirl of strings like the beginning of some grand Hollywood melodrama before moving to a simple piano accompaniment, then explodes again into more strings and a chorus of female sopranos.
Like dreams themselves, the songs range from the fantastic ("Nite and Fog") and the inspiring ("A Drop In Time") to the downright creepy ("Lincoln's Eyes"), yet all are tethered to reality by the reassuring vocals of frontman Jonathan Donahue. In another decade, All Is Dream would have been considered a "concept album"; for now, suffice to say that it is an album to be savored and appreciated as a whole, for years to come.
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Mercury Rev – All Is Dream
Label: V2 ?– VVR1017521 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 2001 Genre: Rock Style: Indie Rock
TracklistHide Credits
A1 The Dark Is Rising A2 Tides Of The Moon A3 Chains Arranged By [Strings] – Tony Visconti A4 Lincoln's Eyes A5 Nite And Fog B1 Little Rhymes B2 A Drop In Time Orchestrated By [Additional] – Tony Visconti B3 You're My Queen B4 Spiders And Flies Mellotron [Flutes] – Tony Visconti B5 HerculesCompanies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – V2 Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – V2 Records, Inc.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- Cello – Maxine Neuman
- Design [Graphic Design] – Jim DeBarros
- Electric Guitar – Jason Russo
- Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Justin Russo
- Engineer, Mixed By – Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper (2), Jeff*, Jonathan*
- Flute – Suzanne Thorpe
- French Horn – Marc Guy
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Organ [Hammond] – Aaron Hurwitz
- Painting [Boat] – Joe Concra
- Painting [Cover] – Jennifer Hathaway
- Photography By [Inside] – Mercury Rev, Steve Gullick
- Producer [Additional], Engineer [Additional] – Max Lichtenstein*
- Producer, Performer, Arranged By – Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper (2), Jeff Mercel, Jonathan*
- Recorded By [Additional] – Aaron Hurwitz, Peter Katis, Scott Petito, 'Cocky' Tony Gavazzi*
- Saw [Bowed] – Joel Eckhaus
- Soprano Vocals – Mary Gavazzi Fridmann
- Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Rex L White
- Viola – Laura Seaton, Martha Mooke, Sarah Adams
- Violin – Gregor Kitzis
- Violin [Solo] – Larry Packer (2)
- Vocals [Child's Vox] – Bethany Crescini
- Vocals [Female Vox] – Amy Helm, Deb Curley, Katie Fox
- Written-By – Grasshopper (2), Jeff*, Jonathan*
Notes
?2001 V2 Records, Inc. ©2001 V2 Records, Inc. Printed in the E.C.price rating
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