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Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition) (CD)

By: Okkervil River (Artist)

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Okkervil River Artist Snapshot:

These former New England high-school friends came together in 1999 to play their own brand of scruffy folk-rock, and had been releasing well-received albums on the respected indie label Jagjaguwar since 2002, but it was with the release of BLACK SHEEP BOY in 2005 that the band's reputation grew. An original song cycle built around a cover of Tim Hardin's classic tune, the album is a spiky, sparks-giving confluence of frontman and primary member Will Sheff's anguished vocals and haunting, sometimes delicate, punk-folk tunes that tell the story of an outcast's redemption. It topped critics' lists, was followed by an "appendix" EP that furthered the theme, and established Okkervil River as a serious songwriting outfit.

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DISC 1 for Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition) (CD) Album By Okkervil River (Artist)
1   Black Sheep Boy
2   For Real
3   In A Radio Song
4   Black
5   Get Big
6   King And A Queen, A
7   Stone, A
8   Latest Thoughs, The
9   Song Of Our So-Called Friend
10   So Come Back, I Am Waiting
11   Glow, A
 
DISC 2 for Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition) (CD) Album By Okkervil River (Artist)
1   Missing Children
2   No Key, No Plan
3   Garden, A
4   Black Sheep Boy #4
5   Next Four Months, The
6   Another Radio Song
7   Forest, A
8   Last Love Song For Now
 

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Review

Uncut (p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Will Sheff's novelistic lyrics and the dexterous blend of country, folk and nervy indie-rock suggest a band approaching the peak of their powers."
Alternative Press (p.124) - 5 out of 5 - "[Sheff's] uncompromisingly literate songs provide unusually rewarding payoffs. Musically, the band capture chamber pop in a rustic barbed-wire trap."
Magnet (p.110) - "Okkervil River's Will Sheff has spun Hardin's two-minute ditty into an impressionistic narrative full of blood and conflict, of creaky folk waltzes and surprisingly upbeat rock."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.64) - Ranked #2 in Mojo's "2005 Americana Albums Of The Year."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he music is quite beautiful, while the vocals sound like the unnatural union of Will Oldham and Robert Smith."

Title Note

Sheff and company are also capable of subtler moments (see the beautiful Tim Hardin-penned title track), a point hit home by the baleful "Missing Children," which is included, along with other songs from BLACK SHEEP BOY APPENDIX, on this '07 deluxe re-release.

Okkervil River: Will Sheff (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ); Jonathan Meiburg (vocals, electric guitar, keyboards); Zachary Thomas (vocals, mandolin, bass instrument); Travis Nelsen (vocals, drums, tambourine); Howard Draper (lap steel guitar, mandolin, pump organ, synthesizer, bass instrument); Seth Warren (vibraphone, drums, shaker, electronics).

Recording information: Brian Beattie's Wonder Chamber, Austin, TX.

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