The Earth Is Blue

Rating

Album: The Earth Is Blue
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Beautiful Close Double	More Info...	0:04
2)	A Second Life	More Info...	0:04
3)	Malibran	More Info...	0:04
4)	House of Glass	More Info...	0:06
5)	Sometimes	More Info...	0:04
6)	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	More Info...	0:05
7)	Ueno Station	More Info...	0:05
8)	The Robot Speaks	More Info...	0:04
9)	Araca Azul	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Earth Is Blue	More Info...	0:06

Album: The Earth Is Blue
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Beautiful Close Double	More Info...	0:04
2)	A Second Life	More Info...	0:04
3)	Malibran	More Info...	0:04
4)	House of Glass	More Info...	0:06
5)	Sometimes	More Info...	0:04
6)	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	More Info...	0:05
7)	Ueno Station	More Info...	0:05
8)	The Robot Speaks	More Info...	0:04
9)	Araca Azul	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Earth Is Blue	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Damon & Naomi: Damon Krukowski (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums); Naomi Yang (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar).
Additional personnel: Michio Kurihara (guitar); Bhob Rainey (soprano saxophone); Greg Kelley (trumpet); Dana Kletter (piano).
All tracks have been digitally mastered using 24-bit technology.
Ex-Galaxie 500 stalwarts and slow-core dream weavers, Damon and Naomi returned in 2005 with their sixth overall album and first for their own label, 20.20.20 records. With collaborations from their longtime cohort Michio Kurihara--famed Japanese psych guitarist--and the experimental brass duo Nmperign, THE EARTH IS BLUE specializes in the lush textures and languid pacing the couple has long made their calling card. Featuring a lingering and impactful cover of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" among many other stand-outs, THE EARTH IS BLUE notably garnered one of the holy grails of rock criticism, a five star review in Rolling Stone magazine--one of only a handful of records to earn such an honor in the '00s.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Yang's self-harmonising vocals drip haiku-crisp lines, while Kurihara's dewdrop chimes on the exquisite 'Beautiful Close Double'..."

Alternative Press (p.116) - 3 out of 5 - "With balletic grace, the group enchant for tracks at a time..."

The Wire (p.57) - "THE EARTH IS BLUE has a glorious, spacey innocence that inspires affection."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he Massachusetts couple have refined their bittersweet tableaux to a most exalted place. The arrangements have never sounded so liquid or pure..."