In All That Is GREAT and WONDERFUL

Okay, so I am amazed that I stuck to this because in the beginning I was thinking this was going to be the easiest thing in the world.  What's so hard about posting a record and writing about it, right?  WRONG!!!  It is a lot of work and when you travel you either have to plan ahead or double up when you get back.  PLUS picking a vinyl record a day is tough.  Though I am finally at my ONE HUNDREDTH pick, I am pretty happy about this blog.  To whoever reads this, this pick took a lot out of me when deciding what would be my 100th pick and I do have to classify this record as one of my top ten records of all time.  ALL TIME!!

Artist - Neutral Milk Hotel

Album - In the Aeroplane Over The Sea

Released - 1998

Label - Merge/Domino

Genre - Indie Folk

Tracks:

The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One

The King Of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two and Three

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Two-Headed Boy

The Fool

Holland, 1945

Communist Daughter

Oh Comely

Ghost

Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two

WOW, listening to this again (though I've listened to it plenty of times) gives me chills.  I love when albums get me like that.  So artistic, so constructive, so PUT TOGETHER!!  Let's not forget the impeccable voice of Jeff Magnum.  This is such a deep album for me that I had to display it at a good number and this being my 100th record, why the f**k not now?  

A lot is said about this record with it's reference to Anne Frank, but I believe that since Jeff Magnum was such an interesting character and his love for that era, this was his way of showing it.  The tracks on this album, each and every one of them, are fantastic.  It's almost like this song is an ode to that, with each song and the album art mixed with today's music, you can't just write it off as just another album.  This is a frickin' amazing album!!!  Unfortunately this is the second and final album Neutral Milk Hotel made.  This album launched Jeff Magnum and Neutral Milk Hotel to be categorized as that band with a cult following.  Emerging here and there with solo stuff, Jeff Magnum has managed to keep himself hidden from the world.  As of late, he has toured and though I missed him when he came to Austin, I'd love to see him live.  I just would love to sit, hear his voice and close my eyes and think.

Enjoy!