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Album: Eighth
# Song Title   Time
1)    For a King
2)    Writes a Letter Home
3)    Two Smart Cookies
4)    Insomnia
5)    View from the Rim
6)    April
7)    Motion Sickness
8)    Last Call
 

Album: Eighth
# Song Title   Time
1)    For a King
2)    Writes a Letter Home
3)    Two Smart Cookies
4)    Insomnia
5)    View from the Rim
6)    April
7)    Motion Sickness
8)    Last Call
 
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Performer Notes
  • Eleventh Dream Day: Rick Rizzo, Doug McCombs, Janet Beveridge Bean.
  • Personnel: Ira Kaplan, Rick Rizzo (guitar); John McEntire (keyboards).
  • Audio Mixer: John McEntire.
  • Recording information: Idful Studio.
  • Unknown Contributor Roles: Douglas McCombs; Janet Beveridge Bean.
  • In their first outing pared down to a trio, Eleventh Dream Day continue to focus their post-punk avant-rock leanings. Although songs like "Two Smart Cookies" and "View From the Rim" rock out, most cuts are the kind of slow to mid-tempo dirgelike-tunes-with-guitar-atmospherics that Sonic Youth does so well. Rick Rizzo steps to the front being the sole guitar player, as well as handling all lead vocal duties, while drummer Janet Beveridge Bean contributes only backing vocals this time out. Rizzo has a feedback laden, howling guitar tone much like Karl Precoda from Dream Syndicate, and he puts it to good use on nearly every track. The instrumental "Motion Sickness" really showcases Rizzo's controlled mayhem guitar style, sounding at times like Sonny Sharrock, but even the slowest cuts have moments where he's letting loose. Good pacing and nice production touches help make Eighth a great listen. ~ Sean Westergaard
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (5/29/97, p.49) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...bursts with quiet intensity, achieving a compelling synthesis of the band's penchant for experimentation and its gift for kick-ass rock & roll....tunes emerge from single, repeating riffs that swell to crescendos of distortion and drone..."

Q (4/97, p.122) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...a dubby, experimental ambience....Eighth is a monochromatic, melancholy listen, but this unique hybrid of classic American guitar rock and a studious, modern minimalism is rarely less than compelling."
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