Pyramid Electric Co.

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Pyramid Electric Co.
Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co.jpg
Studio album by
Released2004
Recorded2001
Genre Folk
Length41:31
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Mike Mogis
Jason Molina chronology
Pyramid Electric Co.
(2004)
Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Cokemachineglow 81% [2]
Filter 85% [3]
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Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [6]
Stylus 9/10 [7]
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Pyramid Electric Co. is the first full-length solo album by Jason Molina, released in 2004 on Secretly Canadian Records. It was recorded by Mike Mogis and received universal critical acclaim according to Metacritic (with an 81 aggregate score). While critics found it hard going: "Pyramid is not Songs: Ohia but the musical equivalent of A Season in Hell, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all", [9] they also commented on the sincerity of the delivery: "The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently." [10] An unusual feature of the album was that it was released as a vinyl LP only, but each copy also contains the CD version of the album in miniaturized artwork.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Pyramid Electric Co. – 8:49
  2. Red Comet Dust – 5:05
  3. Division St. Girl – 5:42
  4. Honey, Watch Your Ass – 7:25
  5. Song of the Road – 4:35
  6. Spectral Alphabet – 3:12
  7. Long Desert Train – 6:39

References

  1. "Pyramid Electric Co. by Jason Molina". Metacritic . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. Reid, Scott (19 January 2004). "Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co". Cokemachineglow . Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. Martins, Chris (January 20, 2004). "Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co". Filter . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  4. Molina's darkest, most achingly desolate work so far. [Apr 2004, p.102]
  5. Perlich, Tim (February 4, 2004). "JASON MOLINA - PYRAMID ELECTRIC CO". Now . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  6. Bowers, William (January 19, 2004). "Pyramid Electric Co. - Jason Molina". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  7. Boeckel, Gentry (January 19, 2004). "Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  8. Writer, Guest. "Jason Molina - Pyramid Electric Co". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  9. Review at Stylus magazine
  10. Tiny Mix Tapes review