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free Okkervil River "Golden Opportunities" EP
Merry Xmas from Okkervil River....
Golden Opportunities, an album of covers, is available now for free from this website. We recorded these songs at radio stations, at shows, in peoples' apartments, in hotel stairways. They were done here and there all around the United States and Europe, with the eventual intention of being rounded up in this collection. You can download artwork for the album from this site for making a physical copy of the CD packaging.Did Okkervil River put out the best album of the year? I don't think so - well, I mean it just wasn't my favorite - no matter how hard I tried to understand. "Golden Opportunities" tracklist below...The "interview" for this release is currently being conducted - anyone who has questions for the band should send them to mixtape@okkervilriver.com . On Friday, a selection of the questions will be posted on this site.
We hope everyone has a good holiday season.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES Mixtape
Recorded live on tour, 2006-2007
1. APRIL ANNE (John Phillips)
2. SIMON SMITH AND THE AMAZING DANCING BEAR (Randy Newman)
3. I WANT TO KNOW (Charles F. Olsen/Ed Sanders)
4. DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO (Jimmy Webb)
5. I CAME HERE TO SAY IM GOING AWAY (Serge Gainsbourg/Trans. by W. Sheff)
6. THE BLONDE IN THE BLEACHERS (Joni Mitchell)
7. ANTARCTICA STARTS HERE (John Cale)
8. LISTENING TO OTIS REDDING AT HOME DURING CHRISTMAS (Will Sheff)
9. SOLO (Sandy Denny)
Posted on December 12, 2007 2:53 PM
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Comments (3)
havent agreed with metacritic before now...that burial cd is by far my favorite album of 2007.
Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2007 3:01 PM
Nay, they did not put out this years best album. But it is on my top ten list this year. It has a few weak numbers, but some really strong ones as well. The free EP is kind of sweet... and kind of weak. But hey kids; what did you expect for free? Radiohead?
Posted by elk | December 12, 2007 3:06 PM
can anyone else confirm that the burial disc is totally sweet? was thinkin of checkin it out.
Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2007 3:41 PM