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Neutral Milk Hotel: On Avery Island

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On March 26, 1996, “Merge Records” label released “On Avery Island”, the debut Neutral Milk Hotel album. It was recorded February–May 1995, at “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.” and “Dane and Merisa’s House” except “Marching Theme” -June 1994, and was produced by Robert Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Mangum – vocals, guitar, drums, bells, xylophone, air organ, keyboards, tapes, design
  • Robert Schneider- air organs, home organs, fuzz bass, xylophone, horn arrangements
  • Lisa Janssen – fuzz bass
  • Steven Zhu – violin, flute, backing vocals
  • Kelsea Giannini – accordion, bells
  • Rick Benjamin -trombone
  • Merisa Bissinger,Hilarie Sidney, Zachary DeMichele, Dane Terry, Lisa Janssen, Aaron Reedy, and Jeff Mangum  – various Indonesian instruments.
  • Robert Schneider – Horn arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Mangum, except where noted.

  1. Song Against Sex
  2. You’ve Passed
  3. Someone Is Waiting
  4. A Baby for Pree
  5. Marching Theme
  6. Where You’ll Find Me Now
  7. Avery Island/April 1st – Jeff Mangum and Robert Schneider
  8. Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
  9. Three Peaches
  10. Naomi
  11. April 8th
  12. Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey’s Eye

Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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On February 10, 1998, “Merge Records” label released “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”, the second and final Neutral Milk Hotel studio album. It was recorded from July to September 1997, at “Pet Sounds Studio” in Denver, and was produced by Robert Schneider. ”NME” magazine ranked it at number 98th on its list of the “Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Mangum– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, organ, floor tom, tape, shortwave radio, art direction
  • Julian Koster– Wandering Genie organ, singing saw, bowed banjo, accordion, white noise
  • Jeremy Barnes– drums, organ
  • Scott Spillane– trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, euphonium, horn arrangements
  • Robert Schneider– piano, home organ, air organ, bass, backing vocals, horn arrangements
  • Laura Carter– zanzithophone
  • Rick Benjamin – trombone
  • Marisa Bissinger – saxophone, flugelhorn
  • Robert Schneider, Scott Spillane – horn arrangements
  • James Guyatt – percussion
  • Michelle Anderson – Uilleann pipes
  • Chris Bilheimer – art direction
  • Brian Dewan– illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Mangum, except where noted.

  1. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
  2. The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three – Jeremy Barnes, Julian Koster, Jeff Mangum, Scott Spillane
  3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  4. Two-Headed Boy
  5. The Fool – Scott Spillane, Robert Schneider
  6. Holland, 1945
  7. Communist Daughter
  8. Oh Comely
  9. Ghost
  10. Untitled
  11. Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two