Good Morning Spider [Enhanced]

Amazon.com's Best of 1999
On previous outings, Sparklehorse mastermind Mark Linkous was weird, but his recent near-death experience has rendered him weird and morbidly effervescent, a combination he puts to good effect on Good Morning Spider. A sonic collage of fractured pop songs that cut, stop, meander, rage forward, and sometimes disappear, it's a brilliant, complex, and emotional album, despite the fact that it's destined for obscurity. --Tod Nelson

Product Description
1998 & second album by the alternative act in a digipak witha gatefold lid. 17 songs in which they pleasantly teeterthey're country/ alternative rock totter back & forth.Somewhat like the Neil Young 'Bridge' tribute album, butwithout any Neil Young songs on it. 1998 Capitol Recordsrelease.

Good Morning Spider [Enhanced]

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Good Morning Spider [Enhanced]

Average customer rating: Hey Joe Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man A Must Have ehhh... "Spider" sparkles

Good Morning Spider Sparklehorse Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: It's a Wonderful Life Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Distorted Ghost Yellow House ASIN: B00000I85P Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

1. Pig
2. Painbirds
3. Saint Mary
4. Good Morning Spider
5. Sick Of Goodbyes
6. Box Of Stars (Part One)
7. Sunshine
8. Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man
9. Hey, Joe
10. Come On In
11. Maria's Little Elbows
12. Cruel Sun
13. All Night Home
14. Ghost Of His Smile
15. Hundreds Of Sparrows
16. Box Of Stars (Part Two)
17. Junebug

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

On previous outings, Sparklehorse mastermind Mark Linkous was weird, but his recent near-death experience has rendered him weird and morbidly effervescent, a combination he puts to good effect on Good Morning Spider. A sonic collage of fractured pop songs that cut, stop, meander, rage forward, and sometimes disappear, it's a brilliant, complex, and emotional album, despite the fact that it's destined for obscurity. --Tod Nelson

Amazon.com

Sparklehorse's second album might be more lucidly named than its predecessor, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, but that's about the only moment in which the (mostly) one-man band veers toward anything resembling greater accessibility. Otherworldly mastermind Mark Linkous has once again crafted a supersonic collage of pop, punk, and folk so weird and wobbly it'll probably make most conventionally minded listeners hightail from the room. But adventurous types who wade through the clamor and quirks that envelope the collection's 17 tracks will recognize Linkous as a master of hook and emotion--the latter, in this case, possibly inspired by a recent freak episode that left him briefly near death and paralyzed for months after. It's just this combination of noise, craft, and feeling that makes Good Morning Spider a dense and scintillating experience like no other. --Neal Weiss

Album Description

1998 & second album by the alternative act in a digipak witha gatefold lid. 17 songs in which they pleasantly teeterthey're country/ alternative rock totter back & forth.Somewhat like the Neil Young 'Bridge' tribute album, butwithout any Neil Young songs on it. 1998 Capitol Recordsrelease.

Customer Reviews:

Hey Joe.......2006-10-19

If you saw the movie "the devil & Daniel Johnston", its nice get a listen to the original "Hey Joe" by Johnston (not on the movie though), well done here by SparkleHorse...

Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man.......2006-06-29

This is not a full review. I was reading these reviews and many of you wondered why the terrific song Happy Man was buried in static. I read somewhere that it's been rumored that Mark Linkous purposely "sabotaged" that track after learning that their record company wanted to make the song their next single. He did this because he didn't want to be too commercialized. The "clean" version (called the Memphis Version) of this song can be found on the EP "Distorted Ghosts".

A Must Have.......2005-11-10

While Good Morning Spider isn't quite up there with It's A Wonderful Life, it is still a brilliant album and adds dimension to Sparklehorse. If you are a Sparklehorse fan, then you should definatley have this CD. Give it more than a few listens, it takes a while to get used to the different sounds. It's beautiful soothing melodies mixed with it's raw appeal make this album timeless. Overall it is magnificent.

ehhh..........2004-09-30

What to say? The album starts off good with roaring song "Pig", then it slows down with almost no hooks in it until "Sick of Goodbyes" which is another good song. All in all this album has 5 good songs, "Pig", "Sick of Goodbye", "Little Elbows", "Hey Joe", and "Ghost of His Smile".

"Spider" sparkles.......2004-07-23

Alt-music one-man-band Sparklehorse veers between rock, punk and who-knows-what in "Good Morning Spider." In the sophomore album, Mark Linkous crafts a sonic extravaganza of brilliant music, strange and surreal and enticingly dark.

It starts off small in the opening minute of "Pig," then explodes into a rollicking staticky rocker. Following up are mournful laments like "Painbird" and "Sunshine," almost inaudible ballads "Saint Mary" and the funereal "Come On In," steady rock-outs like "Cruel Sun," and eerie panoramic sweeps "Good Morning Spider" and both halves of "Box of Stars." One of the strangest tracks is "Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man," which languishes in static for a few minutes before blossoming into a solid rock song.

Near-death experiences tend to change a person's life. In Linkous's case, it changed his music -- "Good Morning Spider" is warped by a near-death experience that almost killed him, and left him paralyzed for quite some time. So don't expect happy, perky music -- rather, Linkous seems to be exorcising his demons and experiences all in one swoop.

Like Neutral Milk Hotel, Sparklehorse makes the most of staticky guitars. It has a contemplative lo-fi sound, but is tinged with a few other things -- the bass, gravelly guitar and percussion are joined by violins, cello and organ, along with sweeps of static that give a surreal feel to this textured music. At times it's smooth, at times it's rough, but never ordinary.

His near-death experience shines through Linkous's songwriting, with lines like, "My bones wish to escape," the funeral tone of the children's-prayer-like "Come On In," and the wistful announcement that "All I want is to be a happy man." Even aside from the morbid beauty of these songs, his writing is evocative and entrancing: "A beautiful woman she rose/from the smoking waters of the lake/with a candle that burned in each palm..."

Rarely are so many beautiful songs linked together, and rarely is such raw emotion put into music. Sparklehorse's "Good Morning Spider" is a rare and treasured rock album, and deserves to be a classic.

Average customer rating: Outstanding Collection of Love Songs It is in need of 1 more musical. Not enough songs...

More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs Various Artists Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway's Greatest Love Songs The Greatest Love Songs From The Musicals (Musical Compilation) My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs The Best Of Broadway (Cast Recording Anthology) Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) ASIN: B00005UWL2 Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia!: Our Last Summer - Paul Clarkston
2. Hair: Good Morning Starshine - Annable Leventon
3. The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman
4. Sweeney Todd: Not While I'm Around - Vanessa Williams
5. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: Good Old Girl - Henderson Forsythe
6. The Fantasticks: Try To Remember - Jerry Orbach
7. Pippin: Love Song - John Rubinstein
8. Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
9. Big River: You Oughta Be Here With Me - Patti Cohenour
10. The King And I: I Have Dreamed - Peabo Bryson
11. Les Miserables: I Dreamed A Dream - Randy Graff
12. Evita: High Flying Adored - Mandy Patinkin
13. Babes In Arms: My Funny Valentine - Julie Andrews
14. Kiss Of The Spider Woman: Dear One - Howard McGillin
15. By Jeeves: Half A Moment - Emily Loesser
16. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Dick Haymes

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Collection of Love Songs.......2007-06-22

I have to quickly disagree with those who are looking for more songs crammed in to what is such a breathtaking album of Broadway love songs. The rendition of the songs on this album and the Broadway singers selected for each piece, just are so beautifully recorded and make chills go through me. Whoever created this album, knew exactly what they were doing. This CD is full of nostalgia and artists who know how a song should be sung. They are certainly not making noise as on some Broadway CD's, but they have created an album that will go down in history for some of us who have longed to see such muscials come back to life in a way....that sadly has become a memory.

It is in need of 1 more musical........2005-05-29

I think they need to consider putting one more musical on this CD. This musical would have to be Wicked. What about As Long As Your Mine (from Wicked of course)? I think I would like this CD better if they could put Wicked on it. But of course this may not be true for everyone because obviously my favorite musical of all time is Wicked.

Not enough songs..........2004-10-20

Okay, so I have yet to hear this CD but already I have a quip: Why are there only 16 songs on this CD when the original Broadway's Greatest Love Songs had 20. They're cheating customers out of 4 songs! Also, why doesn't this include any songs from Aida, Triumph of Love, Beauty and the Beast, R&H's Cinderella, The Lion King, or Wicked! And please, "Our Last Summer" from Mamma Mia? Don't get me wrong, I love Mamma Mia, but that is NOT a love song.

Average customer rating: Hey Joe Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man A Must Have ehhh... "Spider" sparkles

Good Morning Spider Sparklehorse Manufacturer: Parlophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: It's a Wonderful Life Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Distorted Ghost Yellow House ASIN: B0000248S2 Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

1. Pig
2. Painbirds
3. Saint Mary
4. Good Morning Spider
5. Sick Of Goodbyes
6. Box Of Stars (Part One)
7. Sunshine
8. Chaos Of The Galaxy/ Happy Man
9. Hey Joe
10. Come On In
11. Maria's Little Elbows
12. Cruel Sun
13. All Night Home
14. Ghost Of His Smile
15. Hundreds Of Sparrows
16. Box Of Stars (Part Two)
17. Junebug

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

On previous outings, Sparklehorse mastermind Mark Linkous was weird, but his recent near-death experience has rendered him weird and morbidly effervescent, a combination he puts to good effect on Good Morning Spider. A sonic collage of fractured pop songs that cut, stop, meander, rage forward, and sometimes disappear, it's a brilliant, complex, and emotional album, despite the fact that it's destined for obscurity. --Tod Nelson

Amazon.com

Sparklehorse's second album might be more lucidly named than its predecessor, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, but that's about the only moment in which the (mostly) one-man band veers toward anything resembling greater accessibility. Otherworldly mastermind Mark Linkous has once again crafted a supersonic collage of pop, punk, and folk so weird and wobbly it'll probably make most conventionally minded listeners hightail from the room. But adventurous types who wade through the clamor and quirks that envelope the collection's 17 tracks will recognize Linkous as a master of hook and emotion--the latter, in this case, possibly inspired by a recent freak episode that left him briefly near death and paralyzed for months after. It's just this combination of noise, craft, and feeling that makes Good Morning Spider a dense and scintillating experience like no other. --Neal Weiss

Album Description

1998 & second album by the alternative act in a digipak witha gatefold lid. 17 songs in which they pleasantly teeterthey're country/ alternative rock totter back & forth.Somewhat like the Neil Young 'Bridge' tribute album, butwithout any Neil Young songs on it. 1998 Capitol Recordsrelease.

Customer Reviews:

Hey Joe.......2006-10-19

If you saw the movie "the devil & Daniel Johnston", its nice get a listen to the original "Hey Joe" by Johnston (not on the movie though), well done here by SparkleHorse...

Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man.......2006-06-29

This is not a full review. I was reading these reviews and many of you wondered why the terrific song Happy Man was buried in static. I read somewhere that it's been rumored that Mark Linkous purposely "sabotaged" that track after learning that their record company wanted to make the song their next single. He did this because he didn't want to be too commercialized. The "clean" version (called the Memphis Version) of this song can be found on the EP "Distorted Ghosts".

A Must Have.......2005-11-10

While Good Morning Spider isn't quite up there with It's A Wonderful Life, it is still a brilliant album and adds dimension to Sparklehorse. If you are a Sparklehorse fan, then you should definatley have this CD. Give it more than a few listens, it takes a while to get used to the different sounds. It's beautiful soothing melodies mixed with it's raw appeal make this album timeless. Overall it is magnificent.

ehhh..........2004-09-30

What to say? The album starts off good with roaring song "Pig", then it slows down with almost no hooks in it until "Sick of Goodbyes" which is another good song. All in all this album has 5 good songs, "Pig", "Sick of Goodbye", "Little Elbows", "Hey Joe", and "Ghost of His Smile".

"Spider" sparkles.......2004-07-23

Alt-music one-man-band Sparklehorse veers between rock, punk and who-knows-what in "Good Morning Spider." In the sophomore album, Mark Linkous crafts a sonic extravaganza of brilliant music, strange and surreal and enticingly dark.

It starts off small in the opening minute of "Pig," then explodes into a rollicking staticky rocker. Following up are mournful laments like "Painbird" and "Sunshine," almost inaudible ballads "Saint Mary" and the funereal "Come On In," steady rock-outs like "Cruel Sun," and eerie panoramic sweeps "Good Morning Spider" and both halves of "Box of Stars." One of the strangest tracks is "Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man," which languishes in static for a few minutes before blossoming into a solid rock song.

Near-death experiences tend to change a person's life. In Linkous's case, it changed his music -- "Good Morning Spider" is warped by a near-death experience that almost killed him, and left him paralyzed for quite some time. So don't expect happy, perky music -- rather, Linkous seems to be exorcising his demons and experiences all in one swoop.

Like Neutral Milk Hotel, Sparklehorse makes the most of staticky guitars. It has a contemplative lo-fi sound, but is tinged with a few other things -- the bass, gravelly guitar and percussion are joined by violins, cello and organ, along with sweeps of static that give a surreal feel to this textured music. At times it's smooth, at times it's rough, but never ordinary.

His near-death experience shines through Linkous's songwriting, with lines like, "My bones wish to escape," the funeral tone of the children's-prayer-like "Come On In," and the wistful announcement that "All I want is to be a happy man." Even aside from the morbid beauty of these songs, his writing is evocative and entrancing: "A beautiful woman she rose/from the smoking waters of the lake/with a candle that burned in each palm..."

Rarely are so many beautiful songs linked together, and rarely is such raw emotion put into music. Sparklehorse's "Good Morning Spider" is a rare and treasured rock album, and deserves to be a classic.

Average customer rating:

Good Morning Spider Sparklehorse Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G6G6 Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1. Pig
2. Painbirds
3. Saint Mary
4. Good Morning Spider
5. Sick of Goodbyes
6. Box of Stars, Pt. 1
7. Sunshine [*] - Vic Chesnutt, Sparklehorse
8. Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man
9. Hey, Joe
10. Come on In
11. Maria's Little Elbows
12. Cruel Sun
13. All Night Home
14. Ghost of His Smile
15. Hundreds of Sparrows
16. Box of Stars, Pt. 2
17. Junebug

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Bonus Track(S). No Additional Information Available at this Time.

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