Chore of Enchantment
by
Giant Sand
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studio album
First released:
2000

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  • 2000 in United States

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5 stars Good Lord, a masterpiece?
"Being way too tall for any self regulation/I'd invite the devil in and his entire nation/What in tarnation?"

So asks frontman Howe Gelb in "Raw," one of the seemingly countless American Beauties he's created in the service of examing yourself, lacerating yourself and laughing at yourself whilst whistling by the old graveyard. (Helpful hint: the devil and his nation are the guests that never leave.)

By turns funky, psychedelic and folksy, "Chore of Enchantment" touches so many emotional rails ov…
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2 stars Low Key
I can't praise this album for the reason I didn't like it very much. I like some bits of melodies and lyrics here and there but that's about it. It seems to me that production was done without much care in a sense that low key and no-production is made up to a style on this album. Some people may like it, but I did not.
Written by "costy_l"

Track listing Edit

  • CD

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    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Overture
    0:48
    2
    (Well) Dusted (For the Millenium)
    3:47
    3
    Punishing Sun
    3:13
    4
    X-Tra Wide
    3:27
    5
    1972
    1:03
    6
    Temptation of Egg
    3:41
    7
    Raw
    3:29
    8
    Wolfy
    4:25
    9
    Shiver
    4:00
    10
    Dirty From the Rain
    3:34
    11
    Astonished (In Memphis)
    5:32
    12
    No Reply
    4:34
    13
    Satellite
    6:48
    14
    Bottom Line Man
    4:41
    15
    Way to End the Day
    4:47
    16
    Shrine
    2:04

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