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Red House Painters Red House Painters [II] Release Date: 1993 09 zz Running Time: 45:01 Label: 4AD The second of two self-titled 1993 efforts, this Red House Painters collects the remaining tracks from the remarkably fruitful sessions which also launched the earlier, superior album. Far more experimental in nature, it opens with "Evil," an almost painfully slow and withdrawn song which acutely sets the album's haunting, dark tone. While not everything works -- the electric version of "New Jersey" pales in comparison to the previous set's acoustic rendition, while the cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock" is overripe -- both the unrequited love song "Bubble" and the dysfunctional "Uncle Joe" rank among Mark Kozelek's most perfectly realized compositions, and the closer, a marvelously downbeat reading of "The Star Spangled Banner," allows the group's often unsung black humor to seep to the surface. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Evil Kozelek 7:20 2 Bubble Kozelek 5:31 3 I Am a Rock Simon 5:32 4 Helicopter Kozelek, Vessel 5:22 5 New Jersey Kozelek 4:24 6 Uncle Joe Kozelek 5:58 7 Blindfold Kozelek 8:26 8 Star Spangled Banner Key, Smith 2:28 Releases: Year Type Label CD 4AD 1999 CD 4AD 1993 CD 4AD 1993 CD 4AD

Group Members: Phil Carney Anthony Koutsos Gorden Mack Mark Kozelek Jerry Vessel More >> Similar Artists: Lisa Germano Mark Lanegan Kristin Hersh Spain Jeff Buckley More >>

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