''Into the Oh'' is the third album by the American band

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, released in 2001. It was the band's final album. Geggy Tah supported it by playing shows with labelmate

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Production

Geggy Tah started work on the album in 1997; due to personal issues and label trouble, the album was delayed for four years.

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played drums on three of the album's tracks.

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appears on "Aliens Somewhere", where she performs a poem. The album was mixed by

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Critical reception

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'' called the album a collection of "silky smooth and gorgeously appointed meditations on love." ''

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'' determined that "amiable hippie rock doesn’t get better than this." The ''

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'' noted that ''Into the Oh'' "employs contemplative, but odd lyrics, trippy melodies and unique instruments that create a surreal, multilayered effect." The ''

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'' praised "Holly Oak", likening it to a "nimble amalgam

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sounds like nothing so much as Tim Buckley, or perhaps a very young Paul Simon, trying to play Steely Dan's 'Only a Fool Would Say That'." Steve Slosarek, of ''

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'', listed the album as the fifth best of 2001, praising the "soothing ... funk-jazz-experimental rock music." ''

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'' concluded that the band "has largely dispensed with the power pop that peppered past efforts, and instead concentrates on creating dance grooves and throwing in odd instrumental choices." The ''

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'' included ''Into the Oh'' on its list of the 10 best "overlooked" albums of 2001. ''

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'' considered it the 16th best album of 2001.

Track listing

#"Goodnight to the Machine" – 0:57 #"One Zero" – 3:10 #"Dumb Submarine" – 3:54 #"Sweat" – 4:36 #"Holly Oak" – 3:00 #"Space Heater" – 4:01 #"Love Is Alone" – 4:44 #"Special Someone" – 3:51 #"I Forgot" – 4:05 #"Aliens Somewhere" – 4:10 #"I'll Find My Way" – 4:03 #"Love Is in Love" – 4:13

References

{{reflist Geggy Tah albums 2001 albums Luaka Bop albums