What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

MY MORNING JACKET "Z" cd, 2005.

firstly,
thanks to Tiggi for turning me on to these guys just over twelve months ago, overall, probably the best recommendation i have recieved from a member here at MD... strange also, because Corey mentioned them at his cd shop just after the Tiggster did.
strange band IMO,
they seem to mix a lot of styles into each album, yet all of their albums are remarkably different from eachother...maybe it is dependant on which batch of Kentucky moonshine they are drinking or whose crop of homegrown they are smoking at a particular time???...i dunno?, maybe MH can solve the problem for us?
bits of reggae tinged rock similar to the Clash,prog rock,classical instruments,psychadelia,alt rock.....all combined with lovely harmonies here.
this album does,however, come across as a bit too messy and disorganised in its feel for me to rate this higher than it is, probably my least liked MMJ studio album
even though i do like the eccecticness of it.
allmusic rate this a very healthy 4.5/5 or 2.7 on the Music Head Rating System...either i am missing something or they are way off the mark, either way an interesting listen to say the least, and you cant knock these guys for trying something different, which they do with each album!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: lady low
best track: what a wonderful man

tracks:

1. wordless chorus **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tngOSBtDP0M vevo live
2. it beats 4 U **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=707R2mXsZJY live
3. gideon **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWSraq2Z8l0 live
4. what a wonderful man ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXyflIzRuA live
5. off the record **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmMOL2KVpw live
6. into the woods **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNkBlm44lTQ audio
7. anytime **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ4NmRnximI vevo live
8. lady low *
9. knot comes loose **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-BbGzLYxw audio
10.dondante *

3s=1
2s=7
1s=2

rating: 1.9