''Oui'' is a 2000
album
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by
The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band with a jazz influence, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The group formed in the mid-1990s from members of The Coctails (Archer Prewitt), Shrimp Boat (Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge), an ...
, released on
Thrill Jockey
Thrill Jockey is an American independent record label established by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards and based in Chicago.
History
Richards started the label in 1992 with $35,000 of family and personal capital, while ...
.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' called the album "lackluster," writing that it "adheres closely to the formula but fails to generate any sort of spark from it."
The ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' called it the band's "most delicately engrossing work, its charms illustrated in tiny moments of bliss such as the ghostly, Jobim-like fade of 'The Colony Room' or the lush yet fragile orchestrations of 'Seemingly'." ''
SF Weekly
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'' deemed it "an unfortunate downtempo detour."
Track listing
# "Afternoon Speaker" – 4:18
# "All the Photos" – 3:19
# "You Beautiful Bastard" – 5:54
# "The Colony Room" – 4:10
# "The Leaf" – 4:24
# "Everyday" – 3:01
# "Two Dolphins" – 3:45
# "Midtown" – 2:56
# "Seemingly" – 4:46
# "I Missed the Glance" – 4:01
References
External links
Video for "The Colony Room"
The Sea and Cake albums
2000 albums
Thrill Jockey albums
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