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On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Instruments’s catalog across 1 albums from 1 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated The Instruments album is Billions of Phonographs (2001) with a 6.7/10 average from 1 rating.

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Billions of Phonographs
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Billions of Phonographs

2001

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Billions of Phonographs

Billions of Phonographs

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6.7

“Less a band than a large, loose assemblage of musicians, The Instruments gather to play the songs of one Heather McIntosh. Members of Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System, Music Tapes, and Elf Power have all contributed, striving for the demented carnival feel of Tom Waits circa *Swordfishtrombones* and *The Black Rider*, alternately. They have an obsession with the sea th”