Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

I decided to listen to this album, because there's been some talk over on Brian's journal (I guess we call them blogs now) about how great this album. There was also a discussion of how nostalgia plays a role in the grading system. Would I think the same of "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" the first time as I did this time? Of course not.

As I listened tonight, I suprised myself in how many words and notes I actually remembered. Then I realized that this was one of my favorite albums and how "God is a place where we will wait for the rest of our lives" was my screensaver for like a billion years.

It has my all-time favorite endings to an album too. "Don't hate her when she gets up to leave." and then you hear him get up from what sounds like a wooden rocking chair and put down his guitar. Excellent.

1. King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One (4)
2. King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Two & Three (5)
3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (5)
4. Two-Headed Boy (5)
5. Fool (3)
6. Holland, 1945 (4)
7. Communist Daughter (4)
8. Oh Comely (5)
9. Ghost (5)
10. (untitled) (4)
11. Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two (5)

Overall: 4.5