Length 62:10 Release date 2000 | ||
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Released 2000; October 11, 2004 (re-issue) Recorded September 1999–April 2000 Underground(Haunted Graffiti 1) (1999) The Doldrums(Haunted Graffiti 2) (2000) The Doldrums(Haunted Graffiti 2) (2000) Scared Famous(Haunted Graffiti 3) (2002) Genres Lo-fi music, Psychedelic pop, Hypnagogic pop, Dream pop Similar Ariel Pink albums, Psychedelic pop albums, Other albums | ||
Ariel pink s haunted graffiti good kids make bad grown ups from the doldrums
The Doldrums is an album by American lo-fi musician Ariel Pink, and the second installment in his Haunted Graffiti series. It released independently in 2000 and reissued in 2004 on Paw Tracks to critical praise.
Contents
- Ariel pink s haunted graffiti good kids make bad grown ups from the doldrums
- Background
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
Background
The album was originally issued in 2000 in CD-R format, copies of which were handmade by Pink himself. One such copy was passed on by Pink to the rock band Animal Collective, who found the copy on their tour van floor and, impressed by its music, later contacted Pink and offered to re-issue it on their own Paw Tracks label. The Doldrums was subsequently re-issued on October 11, 2004 by Paw Tracks as the first of a series of re-issues of Haunted Graffiti albums by the label.
Critical reception
Critic Simon Reynolds named the album among his favorite records of the decade. Spin called it "a lo-fi masterpiece." AllMusic called it "one of the most wonderfully skewed takes on classic pop you're likely to hear." Mojo wrote that Pink's songs' "range, volatility and Simulaneist overload sounds like The Beatles circa 1967, The Human League, FM radio's Hall Of Fame, Phil Spector, Tiny Tim and the great R. Stevie Moore all frolicking at once in an acid bath in his own head."
Track listing
All songs written by Ariel Pink.
- "Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups" – 4:39
- "Strange Fires" – 4:06
- "Among Dreams" – 4:19
- "For Kate I Wait" – 4:19
- "Haunted Graffiti" – 3:50
- "Gray Sunset" – 3:38
- "The Doldrums" – 4:02
- "Envelopes Another Day" – 5:08
- "The Ballad of Bobby Pyn" – 10:58
Songs
1Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups4:39
2Strange Fires4:07
3Among Dreams4:19