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by the

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moe. It was released on February 6, 2001 on the band's new, self-owned label Fatboy Records. It was their first album after their split with former label

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. It was recorded in several studios around the country, from the summer of 1999 through the summer of 2000. The album features guest appearances by

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, Kirk Juhas, and the Nykw-ILL bros.

Reception

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noted that most of the songs are "airtight groove-adelia, compact essays in twin-guitar sunshine and boyish-vocal cheer" and that the album is "muscular guitar pop with room for rambling." The Jambands.com review also says the song placement was "usually complementary, although ccasionally cluttered but noted that "when everything falls into place ... the disc is captivating";

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was more critical of the structure, however. Still, Rolling Stone mentions that the band is a "few years and LPs away from" the transcendence that the

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, and

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were able to attain. Jambands.com seemed a bit more optimistic, saying "moe.'s songwriting has pointed towards something more mature, beyond the frolicking rave-ups of musical youth."

Track listing

#"Captain America" ( Derhak) - 3:42 #"Faker" (Derhak) - 4:23 #"Understand" ( Schnier) - 4:18 #"TGORM" ("The Ghost of Ralph's Mom")*(Derhak) - 3:36 #"So Long" (Schnier) - 7:21 #"New York City" (Derhak) - 3:27 #"Can't Seem to Find" (Schnier) - 3:43 #"Water" (Derhak) - 7:08 #"Tambourine" (Derhak) - 2:17 #"

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" (

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) - 3:36 #"Rise" (Schnier) - 5:46 #"Opium" (Derhak) - 6:02
''silence'' - 13:55
"Captain America" emix(hidden track) - 3:41 * *"TGORM" is the abbreviation that moe. used to name the track on the album. While that stands for "The Ghost of Ralph's Mom" a few "music" sites have incorrectly changed the G to a SIX (and a ZERO instead of O) mislabeling the song as "T60RM" instead of the correct "TGORM" (iTunes, for instance).

Personnel

moe. *Vinnie Amico - drums *

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- bass, vocals *

Chuck Garvey Chuck Garvey is one of two guitarists for the American rock band moe. His playing has been influenced by Frank Zappa, Mick Ronson, David Bowie, Pete Townshend, Andy Summers, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He lives in the Cincinnati, Oh ...

- guitar (acoustic, electric), vocals *Jim Loughlin - flute, percussion *

Al Schnier Al Schnier (born January 9, 1968) is a musician most noted for being one of two guitarists for the American jam band Moe. History Schnier was born on January 9, 1968, in Utica, New York. He attended New Hartford Central High School in Oneida C ...

- guitar (acoustic, electric, 12 string), harmonica, piano, vocals, moog synthesizer Personnel: *Vinnie Balzano - drums *Claudio Disefalo - performer *DJ Logic - turntables *Bill Emmons - engineer *Jeff Jakubowski, Damian Shannon, John Shyloski - overdub assistants *Kirk Juhas - Hammond synth *Fred Kevorkian - mastering *John Siket - producer, engineer, mixing *Naomi Watanabe - assistant engineer

Charts

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References

External links

Official webpage for moe.
* {{Authority control 2001 albums Moe (band) albums