| Three Sheets to the Wind | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Studio | Piercing Sound | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Caroline [1] | |||
| Producer | Martin Brumbach | |||
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Three Sheets to the Wind is an album by the American band Idaho, released in 1996. [2] [3]
Idaho promoted the album by touring with Low and Trans Am. [4] It was a commercial disappointment, leading Caroline Records to drop the band. [5]
The album was produced by Martin Brumbach. [6] Frontman Jeff Martin retained the same musicians who had recorded The Bayonet EP, allowing for more of a “band sound”. [7] [8] Martin used a 4-string guitar on the album. [9] [5] Three Sheets to the Wind was one of the first albums to employ High Definition Compatible Digital. [10]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [12] |
Trouser Press wrote that "Mark Lewis' brushed drumming gives 'If You Dare' a nearly jazzy feel, while 'Catapult' ventures onto classic rock-turf, with Martin’s baritone sacrificing some of its monochromatic intensity in favor of a gritty virility." [7] The Washington Post determined that the band "creates a potent tension within a narrow dynamic range, but Wind isn't trapped in the cocktail lounge... Melding tinkling piano with guitar feedback, the band rightfully serves its own elegant songs rather than mere genre revivalism." [13]
Guitar Player thought that "Martin's and Dan Seta's guitars envelop the mind like mist on a dark, foggy afternoon." [14] The Albuquerque Journal stated that Wind "handles the delicate Idaho sound Martin crafted on the first album and roughs it up a bit, slapping in an off-key vocal here and a screech of feedback there to give Martin's songs a bit of grit to take your ears away from the sad sounds." [15] The Baltimore Sun concluded that the album "dilutes the pop melancholy of Jeff Martin's melodies with artfully deployed bursts of guitar dissonance." [16]
The State listed Three Sheets to the Wind as the fifth best album of 1996. [17] Nashville Scene also considered the album to be one of the best of the year. [18]
AllMusic wrote: "The overall result is a bit less sleepy than previous efforts, though Martin's downtrodden vision, reminiscent of Mark Eitzel, is still firmly in place. His distinct guitar sound—emanating from a four-stringed instrument with odd tunings—is still here also, as are his great chordal instincts." [11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "If You Dare" | |
| 2. | "Catapult" | |
| 3. | "Pomegranate Bleeding" | |
| 4. | "Shame" | |
| 5. | "Stare at the Sky" | |
| 6. | "No Ones Watching" | |
| 7. | "Alive Again" | |
| 8. | "A Sound Awake" | |
| 9. | "Glass Bottom" | |
| 10. | "Get You Back" |
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