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...Snow,” “Spanish Hot Chocolate,” “Arabian Tea,” “Waltz of the Flowers,” “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy,” and “Coda??—which, strangely enough, was not performed to the traditional music entitled “Coda?? or even the final “Apotheosis” but to Russian background music. Equally curious was that “Flowers” was performed by the corps...
...tracks’ vocals seem like they might have been stronger after one more take, and if there is one singular quibble with the Smith-less mastering, it may be with the heavy use of ambient noises (epitomized in “Ostriches & Chirping”). But as a coda??by design or not—to a long and fascinating career, From a Basement functions superbly, and it does so in a way that continues to remind us of how much was lost a year...
...album reaches its climax on the sinister “Darts of Pleasure,” which oscillates wildly between decadent swagger and lovesick croon before sheer inertia flings it out of its orbit into a furious sing-along German coda??“Ich heisse Superfantastisch! Ich trinke Schampus und Lachfisch!”—which the band has compared to the moment of orgasm. In case you’re wondering about the German, guitarist/keyboardist Nick McCarthy spent his childhood in Munich...
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