Album · 1998
Deserter's Songs
by Mercury Rev
Deserter's Songs is a 1998 alternative rock album by Mercury Rev. It runs 11 tracks across 45 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
Alternative Rock · Psychedelic Rock
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- 3.5 /5
- 1 rating
- 87 /100
- 9 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 45 min
- Runtime
- 133 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
- Key
Ratings
1 rating · avg 3.5
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Critics
9 publications
- Uncut5/5
- The Guardian5/5
- NME9/10
- AllMusic4.5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Spin8/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Christgaus Consumer GuideC+
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Cover art
4 credits
- Design
- Jim deBarros
- Photography
- Kate Hyman, Kevin Salem
- Illustration
- Joe Concra
Tracklist
11 tracks · 45 min
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Deserter's Songs is the fourth studio album by rock band Mercury Rev, released in late September 1998. British music magazine NME named Deserter's Songs album of the year for 1998. Limited edition copies of the album came in a brown cardboard envelope-like package, with a stamp on the cover postmarked with the release date, as well as two art postcards. The success of this album was a pleasant surprise for the band. After the commercial failure of See You on the Other Side, which Donahue considered to be the band's best album, they decided to make one more record entirely for themselves, ignoring commercial influences, and expecting to split up shortly afterward. Surprisingly, Deserter's Songs was their most successful album, and made them big celebrities in the UK and Europe, also making a smaller mark in the US.
In brief
- Is Deserter's Songs good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Deserter's Songs 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Deserter's Songs released?
- Deserter's Songs was released in 1998.
- How many tracks are on Deserter's Songs?
- Deserter's Songs has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 45 minutes.
- What genre is Deserter's Songs?
- Deserter's Songs is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock.
- What BPM is Deserter's Songs?
- Deserter's Songs runs at a median tempo of 133 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Deserter's Songs?
- Listeners of Deserter's Songs also rate Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell by The Flaming Lips, Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals, Oh My Gawd!!!… The Flaming Lips by The Flaming Lips.
Deserter's Songs at a glance
- Label
- V2 Records
- Produced by
- Dave Fridmann
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