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Spin: "[A] well-curated compilation....[With] and unintentionally moving Patsy Cline parody, a Moog-warped 'I Don't Believe You,' and an alternate version of 'Take Ecstasy With Me'..."

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CD Details

Released: August 23, 2011
Originally Released: 2011
Label: Merge Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Spin - p.86

"[A] well-curated compilation....[With] and unintentionally moving Patsy Cline parody, a Moog-warped 'I Don't Believe You,' and an alternate version of 'Take Ecstasy With Me'..."

Uncut - p.91

3 stars out of 5 -- "[It] comes alive with an alternate version of 'Take Ecstasy With Me'..."

Record Collector (magazine) - p.98

4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n unfiltered Merritt more than lives up to scrutiny....[His baritone] rings true throughout, the lyrics never less than priceless."

Tracks:

1.Forever and a Day
2.Rats in the Garbage of the Western World
3.I Don't Believe You
4.Plant White Roses
5.Rot in the Sun
6.The Sun and the Sea and the Sky
7.Yet Another Girl
8.Scream (Till You Make the Scene)
9.The Song from Venus
10.Beach-A-Boop-Boop
11.When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There
12.Take Ecstasy with Me
13.When You're Young and in Love
14.You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home