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Sparklehorse's 1996 full-length debut, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, has even more sad, beautiful, weird moments of spacy, rural folk-rock than it does letters in its name. Primarily the project of singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Linkous, Sparklehorse's sound embraces impossibly frail, cobwebby ballads like the album opener "Homecoming Queen," "Most Beautiful Widow in Town," and "Heart of Darkness"; sun-drenched, noisy pop like "Rainmaker" and "Hammering the Cramps"; and noise blasts like "Ballad of a Cold Lost Marble" and "850 Double Pumper Holley." The album's most powerful moments borrow from folk and country traditions, alluding to their universally understood poignancy, while updating and personalizing them with spacy arrangements, distorted vocals, and slivers of feedback. "Heart of Darkness" and "Homecoming Queen" in particular have a woozy, late-night sweetness that conveys a touching, if unstable, honesty. The single "Someday I Will Treat You Good" molds this vulnerability into a radio song, with catchy and affecting results, but it's the shambling, understated songs like "Saturday" and "Sad & Beautiful World" that define the group's down-to-earth melancholy. Despite covering some expansive musical territory, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot doesn't sound scattered so much as spontaneous, reflecting the happy, sad, noisy, and quiet moments in life.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Armstead Welleford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Bush, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - Bob Rupe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Drums, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Rupe, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Brian Harvey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Hott, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Armstead Welleford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Rupe, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Banjo, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Hott, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Rupe, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Bush, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Organ, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - Dennis Herring, Producer, Mixer, Vibraphone, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Morand, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Rupe, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mike Lucas, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Hott, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Rupe, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Watson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Johnny Hott, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - David Charles Lowery, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Hott, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Armstead Welleford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mike Lucas, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Mark Linkous, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sparklehorse, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
Album review
Sparklehorse's 1996 full-length debut, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, has even more sad, beautiful, weird moments of spacy, rural folk-rock than it does letters in its name. Primarily the project of singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Linkous, Sparklehorse's sound embraces impossibly frail, cobwebby ballads like the album opener "Homecoming Queen," "Most Beautiful Widow in Town," and "Heart of Darkness"; sun-drenched, noisy pop like "Rainmaker" and "Hammering the Cramps"; and noise blasts like "Ballad of a Cold Lost Marble" and "850 Double Pumper Holley." The album's most powerful moments borrow from folk and country traditions, alluding to their universally understood poignancy, while updating and personalizing them with spacy arrangements, distorted vocals, and slivers of feedback. "Heart of Darkness" and "Homecoming Queen" in particular have a woozy, late-night sweetness that conveys a touching, if unstable, honesty. The single "Someday I Will Treat You Good" molds this vulnerability into a radio song, with catchy and affecting results, but it's the shambling, understated songs like "Saturday" and "Sad & Beautiful World" that define the group's down-to-earth melancholy. Despite covering some expansive musical territory, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot doesn't sound scattered so much as spontaneous, reflecting the happy, sad, noisy, and quiet moments in life.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:21
- Main artists: Sparklehorse
- Composer: Mark Linkous
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1995 Capitol Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Capitol Records Inc.
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