| The Golden Band | ||||
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| Released | July 6, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1999 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, lo-fi | |||
| Length | 40:16 | |||
| Label | Emperor Jones | |||
| Producer | Andrew Kenny [1] | |||
| The American Analog Set chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Golden Band is a studio album by the indie rock band the American Analog Set, released in 1999 on Emperor Jones Records. [4] [5]
Exclaim! thought that "at last, the band has created melodies and bewitching atmospheres that enhance, rather than negatively emphasise, their deliberate lack of dynamics." [6] The Chicago Tribune noted that the band was moving away from the influence of Stereolab and the Chills, and wrote that "they play brief, unhurried songs and delicate, vibraphone-textured instrumentals that flow dreamily into each other." [7] Texas Monthly opined that "the group's careful silences and hypnotic guitar-vocal motifs could add up to nothing more than pleasing ambience, but the band transcends the surfaces." [8]
AllMusic wrote that "the record insinuates itself on the strength of a subtly expanded emotional palette which lends a haunting new dimension to the group's fragile beauty." [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Weather Report" | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Good Friend Is Always Around" | 2:32 |
| 3. | "It's All About Us" | 6:29 |
| 4. | "A Schoolboy's Charm" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "The Wait" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "New Drifters I" | 2:00 |
| 7. | "New Drifters II" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "New Drifters III" | 3:41 |
| 9. | "New Drifters IV" | 0:46 |
| 10. | "Golden Band" | 3:00 |
| 11. | "I Must Soon Quit the Scene" | 5:39 |
| 12. | "Will the Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?" | 2:32 |
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