II is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by Marianne Faithfull on her 2008 album Easy Come, Easy Go.
| II | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 16, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 2005, Hexham Head Sound Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Genre | Folk, psychedelic folk, New Weird America | |||
| Length | 50:01 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Greg Weeks | |||
| Espers chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Dusted Magazine | (mixed) [3] |
| The Guardian |  [4] |
| The Independent | [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| The New York Times | (positive) [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) [8] |
| Stylus Magazine | (A-) [9] |
| The Village Voice | (mixed) [10] |
| Yahoo! Music |   [11] |
Track listing
edit- "Dead Queen" – 8:13
- "Widow's Weed" – 6:51
- "Cruel Storm" – 5:17
- "Children of Stone" – 8:54
- "Mansfield and Cyclops" – 5:57
- "Dead King" – 8:02
- "Moon Occults the Sun" – 6:47
References
edit- ^ "II by Espers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ II at AllMusic
- ^ "Dusted Reviews: Espers - II". Dustedmagazine.com. 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Betty Clarke (2006-07-28). "CD: Espers, Espers II | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Gill, Andy (2006-07-28). "Album: Espers - Reviews - Music". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "Espers - Espers II | album reviews". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ The New York Times (2006-05-15). "New CD's - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ [1] Archived May 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Espers - II - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Mike Powell (2006-06-13). "City-Slicker Rural Folkies Get the Led Out - Page 1 - Music - New York". Village Voice. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ 18 mins ago (2011-04-20). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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