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100
It's a record of images, associations, and threads; no single word describes it so well as the beautiful and overused "kaleidoscope."
100
Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is another quixotic sonic parade; lo-fi yet lush, impenetrable yet wholly accessible, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is either the work of a genius or an utter crackpot.
100
As beautiful as it is disturbing, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a stunning piece of art that draws you deeper with each listen.
100
Summoning the ghost of one of history's most tragic characters and weaving an organic thread of humanity through the gaps, the songwriting on display throughout is indisputably the work of a genius with something important to say.
100
Like Wilco's 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' or Slint's 'Spiderland', Neutral Milk Hotel's magnum opus was cruelly overlooked but is a classic album that no fan of American indie-rock can be without. It's now available on CD again, thanks to Franz's label, Domino. Now seven years old, it's still thrilling.
83
It’s Milk-man Jeff Mangum’s bouncy pop melodies on songs like ”Ghost” that make In the Aeroplane Over the Sea take off. Too bad this almost-great album is weighed down by a couple of lifeless acoustic warblers.
70
Neutral Milk Hotel's second full-length album is an unsettling travelogue torn between melancholy and glee.
60
For those not completely sold on its folk charm, Aeroplane is thin-blooded, woolgathering stuff.
60
Pathos saves Neutral Milk Hotel from being a complete oddity.
I’m gonna rewrite this review like I did my Kid A review, cause my opinion changed drastically.
Since OK Computer and Kid A clicked so heavily with me, I decided to revisit ITAOTS. I was listening to a Spotify discover playlist that was built around Kid A, and I was loving most of the suggestions I heard. I was driving home, I had an hour to kill... why not?
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY CRAP... like I’ll be honest... I only used to pretend to like this album so people wouldn’t bully ... read more
Since OK Computer and Kid A clicked so heavily with me, I decided to revisit ITAOTS. I was listening to a Spotify discover playlist that was built around Kid A, and I was loving most of the suggestions I heard. I was driving home, I had an hour to kill... why not?
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY CRAP... like I’ll be honest... I only used to pretend to like this album so people wouldn’t bully ... read more
Today, September 18th, 2017, I realized the lady on the cover doesn't have a half-cut potato for a head. It's a wooden board with hole cut out for people to put their heads through, like at a county fair or something. Thought she had a potato head my whole life
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Track List
| 1 | The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 2:00 | 94 |
| 2 | The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 3:06 | 94 |
| 3 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 3:22 | 96 |
| 4 | Two-Headed Boy 4:26 | 94 |
| 5 | The Fool 1:53 | 89 |
| 6 | Holland, 1945 3:12 | 97 |
| 7 | Communist Daughter 1:57 | 89 |
| 8 | Oh Comely 8:18 | 91 |
| 9 | Ghost 4:08 | 92 |
| 10 | Untitled 2:16 | 90 |
| 11 | Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2 5:13 | 94 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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2mo
Oh my god... I think In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the greatest song I have ever heard.
3mo
yep this is the best album ever made. It’s impossible for me to find any problems with it really
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Added on: May 5, 2012