In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
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| Studio album by Neutral Milk Hotel | ||
| Released | February 10, 1998 (US) May 18, 1998 (UK) |
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| Recorded | July - September 1997 Pet Sounds Studio - Denver, CO | |
| Genre | indie rock, indie pop | |
| Length | 39:51 | |
| Label | Merge (US) cat# 136 Blue Rose Records (UK) cat# BRRC 10192 |
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| Producer(s) | Robert Schneider | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Neutral Milk Hotel chronology | ||
| On Avery Island (1996) |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) |
Live at Jittery Joe's (2001) |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was an album released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) by Neutral Milk Hotel, a member of the Elephant 6 Collective. The record's musical style is exemplary of that of the Elephant 6 bands: it is based upon vocalist Jeff Mangum's singing and acoustic guitar accompaniment with various other instruments layered upon them, such as piano, musical saw, uilleann pipes, bow-played fuzz bass, wandering genie, accordion, banjo, flugelhorn, and other assorted brass instruments.
As the band's second LP, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is notable as a critically acclaimed work and a fairly popular recording. It is a spiritually motivated work conceptually based on the beauty to be found in the horrific fate of Anne Frank and similarly overwhelming tragedies. (Mangum is reported to have, during a live performance, described some of the songs off this album as based on urgent, recurring dreams he had of a Jewish family during World War II; described in small detail on 2001's Live at Jittery Joe's.) The album was highly praised by critics for its wildly inventive instrumentation and Mangum's provocative lyrics. Although it met with scant response from the general public when it was released, the recording has continued to gain momentum in indie music circles and websites such as Pitchfork Media and Rate Your Music and has become a cult classic, selling well over 100,000 copies according to Merge Records.
Kim Cooper wrote about this album for the 33⅓ book series.
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[edit] Track listing
(All songs written by Jeff Mangum, except as noted)
- "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One" – 2:00
- "The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two and Three" – 3:06
- Part 3: Jeremy Barnes, Julian Koster, Mangum, Scott Spillane
- "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" – 3:22
- "Two-Headed Boy" – 4:26
- "The Fool" (Spillane) – 1:53
- "Holland, 1945" – 3:12
- "Communist Daughter" – 1:57
- "Oh Comely" – 8:18
- "Ghost" – 4:08
- "Untitled" – 2:16
- "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" – 5:13
[edit] Personnel
- Jeff Mangum - Guitar, Voice, Organ, Floortom, Bowed Fuzz Bass, Tapes, Shortwave Radio, Art Direction
- Jeremy Barnes - Drums, Organ
- Scott Spillane - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Euphonium, Horn Arrangements
- Julian Koster - wandering genie, Singing Saw, Bowed Banjo, Accordion, White Noise
- Merisa Bissinger - Flugelhorn, Saxophone
- Rick Benjamin - Trombone
- Laura Carter - Zanzithophone
- Michelle Anderson - Uilleann Pipes
- Brian Dewan - Illustrations
- Chris Bilheimer - Art Direction
[edit] Awards
- #85 - Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
- #4 - Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s Redux
- #64 - Acclaimed Music Users' 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time In August 2005
- #27 - Rate Your Music: Top 100 Albums of All Time (As of October 26, 2006 - the order of the list changes constantly)
- #34 - Rate Your Music Users' 50 Favorite Albums Of All Time In August 2004
- #3 - Rate Your Music Users' 50 Favorite Albums Of All Time In March 2006
- #1 - Magnet Magazine "A Decade Under The Influence: Top 60 Albums 1993-2003"
- #4 - Music Underwater "The Top 100 Albums 1990-2003
[edit] Samples
- "In The Aeroplane over the Sea" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "In The Aeroplane over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
- "Holland, 1945" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "Holland, 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel
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