Pyramid Electric Co.

Infobox Album | Name = Pyramid Electric Co.
Type = Album
Artist = Jason Molina


Released = 2004
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Folk
Length = 41:31
Label = Secretly Canadian
Producer = Mike Mogis
Reviews =
* Pitchfork Media (6.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20168/Jason_Molina_Pyramid_Electric_Co_ link]
This album = 2004
"Pyramid Electric Co."
Next album = 2006
"Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go"

"Pyramid Electric Co." is the first full-length solo album by Jason Molina, released in 2004 on Secretly Canadian Records. It was recorded by Mike Mogis and received universal critical acclaim according to Metacritic (with an 81 aggregate score). While critics found it hard going: "Pyramid is not but the musical equivalent of A Season in Hell, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all", [ [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1649 Review at Stylus magazine] ] they also commented on the sincerity of the delivery: "The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary — it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently." [ [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/m/jason_molina.htm Tiny Mix Tapes review] ] An unusual feature of the album was that it was released as a vinyl LP only, but each copy also contains the CD version of the album in miniaturized artwork.

Track listing

#Pyramid Electric Co. – 8:49
#Red Comet Dust – 5:05
#Division Street Girl – 5:42
#Honey, Watch Your Ass – 7:25
#Song of the Road – 4:35
#Spectral Alphabet – 3:12
#Long Desert Train – 6:39

References

External links

* [http://www.secretlycanadian.com/onesheet.php?cat=SC083 Secretly Canadian press release]
* [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/molinajason/pyramidelectricco?q=molina Reviews on Metacritic]