''Okemah and the Melody of Riot'' is the fourth album by

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. It was released on October 5, 2005.

Reception

The album has a score of 72 out of 100 from

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'' gave the album a very favorable review and called it "A stunning return to form." ''

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'' gave it a favorable review and said of Jay Farrar, "Even when his overintellectualized lyrics smear into a palette of industrial gray, the guitars provide a strong human heartbeat." ''

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'' gave it a score of seven out of ten and said that "Farrar has the passion to carry the songs beyond any hackneyed themes." Other reviews are average or mixed: ''

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'' gave the album three stars out of five and said, "By focusing on the temporal,

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reduces himself to simple protest music rather than timeless folk." ''

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'' gave it an average review and said, "The band's underlying, stubborn seriousness, and nearly Amish unwillingness to change, creates its appeal." ''

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'', however, gave it two stars out of five and said that Farrar had "never tried so actively to fuse prescriptive politics into hemix, and the move feels suspect."

Track listing

All songs written by

Jay Farrar Jay Farrar (born December 26, 1966) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his establis ...

. #"Bandages & Scars" – 3:23 #"Afterglow 61" – 2:48 #"Jet Pilot" – 3:12 #"Atmosphere" – 3:50 #"Ipecac" – 3:29 #"Who" – 4:02 #"Endless War" – 4:25 #"Medication" – 5:00 #"6 String Belief" – 3:16 #"Gramophone" – 3:09 #"Chaos Streams" – 3:52 #"World Waits for You" – 4:08 #"World Waits for You (Reprise)" – 1:56

Personnel

* Jay Farrar - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica * Dave Bryson - drums * Andrew DuPlantis - bass, backing vocals * Brad Rice - guitar * Eric Heywood - pedal steel guitar on "World Waits for You" * John Horton - electric slide guitar on "World Waits for You (Reprise)" * Mark Spencer - slide guitar and slide dulcimer on "Medication"; backing vocal on "Who"; organ on "Gramophone"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Okemah and the Melody of Riot 2005 albums Son Volt albums