SPARKLEHORSE "GOOD MORNING SPIDER" ORIGINAL LP

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SPARKLEHORSE "GOOD MORNING SPIDER" LP
1998 Parlophone 4960141
Rare Original UK LP.

Even more inventive than the brilliant VIVADIXIE..., GOOD MORNING SPIDER is the sound of a man who quite literally died and lived to tell about it. Before recording the album, Sparklehorse singer/songwriter Mark Linkous flatlined for two minutes in a London hospital, an experience reflected in the lyrics of the lullaby-like "Saint Mary" where he sings, "Blanket me, sweet nurse, and keep me from burnin'. I must get back to the woods, dear girls. I must get back to the woods". True to his word, Linkous returns with startling urgency, taking his quirky rural aesthetic to further extremes, as evidenced on the aggressive distortion-filled album opener, "Pig", and in the hushed sleepiness of "All Night Home". The head 'horse briefly ventures into poppier territory with the catchy chorus of "Sick of Goodbyes", but most songs are far stranger creatures like the lush "Painbirds" and the fuzzed-out "Ghost of His Smile", which employ an eclectic array of arrangements and instrumentation. It's rare that an album of such wide scope can hold itself together, but with GOOD MORNING SPIDER, Linkous has triumphantly crafted a cohesive sound-collage of both fierce vitality and astonishing beauty.

This copy graded as NM/NM - The vinyl has never been played, and the package was only opened to include an anti-static inner sleeve to keep the LP in superb condition. The cover is in fantastic condition, having been protected by a resealable polythene sleeve.

Tracks:
1.    Pig
2.     Painbirds
3.     Saint Mary
4.     Good Morning Spider
5.     Sick Of Goodbyes
6.     Box Of Starspart 1
7.     Sunshine
8.     Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man
9.     Hey Joe
10.     Come On In
11.     Maria's Little Elbows
12.     Cruel Sun
13.     All Night Home
14.     Ghost Of His Smile
15.     Hundreds Of Sparrows
16.     Box Of Starspart 2
17.     Junebug