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Track Listing
1. Seems So
2. What's the Number?
3. About Your Fame
4. Shine a Light
5. Silver Chain
6. Get There Fine
7. Silvery Light of a Dream, The
8. Silvery Light of a Dream, The (Part 2)
9. We'll Come to Be
10. Tin Pan Alley
11. You Said That Last Night
12. Try to Remember
13. Find Our Way
14. Coda
| Details | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Apples In Stereo include: Robert Schneider (vocals, guitar).
The Apples In Stereo are the poppiest of the do-it-yourself pop bands that record under the umbrella of the Elephant 6 Recording Co. The scene revolves around Robert Schneider, a sort of indie-rock miniature of Paul McCartney. He also produces, and plays with, the more psychedelic Olivia Tremor Control and the dronier Neutral Milk Hotel, but it's with his main band the Apples that he goes for the pop jugular.
Songs like "Seems So" (about an ordinary guy who seems to have had a brief encounter with an alien) and "Tin Pin Alley" are short blasts of insanely catchy verse-chorus-verse pop propelled by fuzzy guitars and softened with ooh-la-la harmonies, handclaps, keyboards and the occasional horn section, all carefully applied. Most of the surface noise of past Apples records has disappeared, leaving a nearly perfect homage to a lost pop era that probably never existed but that never-say-die types like Schneider believe in nonetheless, god bless 'em. These songs are so breezy they'll float by you like autumn leaves if you don't pay attention. But if you do, you'll be singing along for days afterward.
Industry Reviews
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...uses 24 tracks to continue the Apples' pursuit of lavish, slightly addled melodic beauty....Despite [Robert] Schneider's aspirations toward broody, ornamented epics...it's his simplest moments that resonate best...
Rolling Stone (01/22/1998)
7 (out of 10) - ...Denver's Apples in Stereo...have painstakingly studied the Beached Boy's `pocket symphony' approach to songcraft....the Apples graduate to a real recording studio, where Schneider's themes of aliens, dreams, and death are crisply accompanied by an Up With People vibe reminiscent of the Cowsills...
Spin (12/01/1997)
...despite its narrow vision, their second full-length album is a sunny, fuzzy affair, a winning combination of inventive melodic twists and perfectly unpolished production. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (10/17/1997)
...Robert Schneider knows how to make the most out of his three minutes, crafting gentle tunes stuffed with simple joys...
Magnet (11/01/1997)
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