Everything Wrong Is Imaginary is a 2006 album by Lilys, released on the Manifesto label.
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| Released | January 31, 2006[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Manifesto | |||
| Producer | Michael Musmanno | |||
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Background
editThe album was written during a traumatic period in Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley's life; His partner disappeared after a psychotic episode and returned to her family leaving Heasley to look after his three children. Heasley therefore worked on the album mainly at home in his spare time.[2][1] The recordings were then sent to producer Michael Musmanno, who finished the tracks with session musicians.[2]
Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.4/10)[4] |
| PopMatters |   [1] |
| Sunday Times | [5] |
| The Washington Post | (favorable)[6] |
Jason MacNeil of PopMatters described the album as (along with previous album Precollection), "the closest thing to Britrock from a Yankee band I heard in a long time", going on to say "There are too many things right about this album to make you believe it's imaginary".[1] Patrick Rapa of the Philadelphia City Paper described it as "one of Heasley's finest yet—10 occasionally noisy, often catchy rock songs".[7] Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media opined that "much of the record's beauty lies [in] its dizzying production", but wrote that it "never quite feels like the career-culminating record it should be."[4] Mark Edwards of the Sunday Times identified the album's diversity as one of its strengths.[5] Eugene P. Sorricraft from the Highbold Press declared it, "a wonderful expulsion of everything that is otherwise lacking in this sad world".[8][citation needed]
Track listing
edit- "Black Carpet Magic" (Heasley) 4:33
- "With Candy" (Heasley) 2:36
- "A Diana's Diana" (Heasley) 4:06
- "Knocked on the Fortune Teller's Door" (Heasley) 4:29
- "Where the Night Goes" (Heasley) 3:16
- "The Night Sun Over San Juan" (Heasley) 3:45
- "Still in All the Glitter" (Heasley) 3:51
- "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary" (Heasley) 4:34
- "O.I.C.U.R." (Heasley) 5:31
- "Scott Free" (Rappaport) 2:13
Personnel
edit- Kurt Heasley – guitar, vocals
- Michael Musmanno – bass, keyboards, Oberheim programming, electric guitar
- Don Piper – drums, percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, vocals
- Michael Johnson – guitars, vocals
- Matt Horn – drums
- Tommy Joyner – drums
- Steven Keller – drums
- Chris McAllen – bass guitar
- Mario "Pel" Lopez – piano
References
edit- ^ a b c d MacNeil, Jason (2006) "Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary", PopMatters, 6 February 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
- ^ a b c Prato, Greg "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 23 December 2009
- ^ "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary by Lilys". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b Hogan, Marc (2006) "Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary", Pitchfork Media, February 22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
- ^ a b Edwards, Mark (2006) "LILYS. Everything Wrong Is Imaginary", Sunday Times, July 2, 2006, p.22
- ^ Lewis, Catherine P. (2006) "Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary", The Washington Post, February 3, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
- ^ Rapa, Patrick (2006) "Tall Tale Storyline: A brief history of the amazing Lilys. Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine", Philadelphia City Paper, February 16–22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
- ^ Sorricraft, Eugene P. [Unknown Title]. Highbold Press. [Unknown Date].
- ^ Orgera, Alexandra; Saul, James; Howard, Brian, & Rapa, Patrick (2006) "The Lilys Family Tree Archived October 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine", Philadelphia City Paper, February 16–22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009