| A Brilliant Mistake | ||||
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| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | April 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:28 | |||
| Label | Simple Machines [1] | |||
| Producer | Tsunami Dave Trumfio | |||
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
A Brilliant Mistake is a full-length album by American alternative rock band Tsunami, released in 1997. [5] It was the band's last album. [6]
The album was recorded in Chicago. Members of The Sea and Cake, the Coctails, and the Pulsars contributed instrumentation to the album. [7]
The Washington Post wrote that "Tsunami still doesn't compose outgoing melodies, but the band's control of mood and texture has become formidable." [7] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "heady and beautiful," and praised Jenny Toomey's "rich, liquid voice." [8] Nashville Scene called the album the band's best, writing that "the instrumentation on A Brilliant Mistake is a remarkable achievement—an absorption of some of the prettier sounds of the 'post-rock' movement while retaining a fundamentally aggro-punk edge." [9] The Courier-Journal wrote that "Tsunami hasn't forgotten how to write challenging pop songs, and Toomey's voice remains one of indie rock's most beautiful instruments." [10]
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