- indie rock, indie folk, lo-fi
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- Merge Records
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final studio album by the American band Neutral Milk Hotel, released on February 10, 1998, by Merge Records. The album is predominantly indie rock and psychedelic folk and is characterized by extensive use of audio distortion and other lo-fi musical elements.
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Character-led, intimate, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Chicago Tribune2.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- God Is in the TV5/5
- Tiny Mix Tapes5/5
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Tracks
- 1The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One2:00
- 2The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three3:06
- 3In the Aeroplane Over the Sea3:22
- 4Two‐Headed Boy4:26
- 5The Fool1:53
- 6Holland, 19453:13
- 7Communist Daughter1:57
- 8Oh Comely8:18
- 9Ghost4:09
- 10[untitled]2:16
- 11Two‐Headed Boy, Pt. Two5:14
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Label
- Merge Records
- Released
- February 10, 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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