The Music TapesBest The Music Tapes Albums Ranked
6.2
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4
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4
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Summary from 4 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Music Tapes’s catalog across 4 albums from 4 opinions, with an overall average of 6.2/10. The top-rated The Music Tapes album is Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes (2008) with a 7.9/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Mary's Voice and 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1999 to 2012. Playing "Evening" ranks as the highest-rated The Music Tapes song on Rate.fm with a 7.1/10 average.
Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes
“The long-time-coming sophomore album by former Neutral Milk Hotel member Julian Koster's Music Tapes project comes across like a sweeping summation of the history of 20th century American white-boy music, from the sounds of Appalachia or the Grand Ole Opry to MGM movie musicals and K Records do-it-yourself twee. Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, A Hawk and a Hacksaw's Jeremy Barnes, Olivia Tremor Control's John Fernandes and Eric Harris, and NMH's Scott Spillane guest.”
Mary's Voice
“Running the gamut between stark confessionals and sepia-toned fantasia, the onetime Neutral Milk Hotel member and Elephant 6 regular's newest offering is a grand, genre-straddling vision in sound. On strictly musical terms, it's the most accomplished Music Tapes LP to date.”
1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad
“Can any record with baby noises really ever be any good? Okay, how about a record with baby noises, car honks, steamship blurts, banjo plucking, tape hiss, a heartbeat, crackling ocean waves, a Muppet- voiced guy whispering into a four track, and a man declaring "Beware the Ocean of Faces!" Okay, how about all of those elements *in one song*? I'm here to proclaim, "No." Up to this point, indie ro”