''Uši'' is the sixth studio album by Czech progressive rock band
Už jsme doma. It was released in 1999 via Skoda Records.
The record was somewhat of an American breakthrough for the band and also marked the first time that they had worked with an American producer.
A 2000 tour in support of the album coincided with the band's fifteenth anniversary.
Production
''Uši'' was produced by Dan Rathburn, of the band
Idiot Flesh
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.
Critical reception
Francois Couture, in an
AllMusic
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review, wrote that producer "Dan Rathbun captured the band members' live energy while allowing them an ample sound for their more symphonic inclinations."
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CMJ New Music Monthly
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'' stated that "a studied roughness continues to creep into the kinetic art-rock/jazz/ethnic/punk/chamber pop fusion theorized by key personnel Miroslav Wanek and Jindra Dolansky."
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'']The San Diego Union-Tribune
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'' wrote that the album "features noodling guitars ("Oko"), thick bass riffs ("Bosi") and epic jams (Usi") —all of which the band delivers with its own distinct style."The Province
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'' opined that "the band rocks like almost no other artist since Frank Zappa or Soft Machine."[
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Track listing
References
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1999 albums
Progressive rock albums by Czech artists