ABOUT THIS ITEM

Even more inventive than the brilliant "Vivadixie...", "Good Morning Spider" is the sound of a man who quite literally died and lived to tell about it. Before recording the album, Sparklehorse singer/songwriter Mark Linkous flatlined for two minutes in a London hospital, an experience reflected in the lyrics of the lullaby-like "Saint Mary" where he sings, 'Blanket me, sweet nurse, and keep me from burnin'. I must get back to the woods, dear girls. I must get back to the woods'.

True to his word, Linkous returns with startling urgency, taking his quirky rural aesthetic to further extremes, as evidenced on the aggressive distortion-filled album opener,"Pig", and in the hushed sleepiness of "All Night Home". The head 'horse briefly ventures into poppier territory with the catchy chorus of "Sick of Goodbyes", but most songs are far stranger creatures like the lush "Painbirds" and the fuzzed-out "Ghost of His Smile", which employ an eclectic array of arrangements and instrumentation. It's rare that an album of such wide scope can hold itself together, but with "Good Morning Spider", Linkous has triumphantly crafted a cohesive sound-collage of both fierce vitality and astonishing beauty.

1. Pig
2. Painbirds
3. Saint Mary
4. Good Morning Spider
5. Sick Of Goodbyes
6. Box Of Stars (Part One)
7. Sunshine (International Version)
8. Chaos Of The Galaxy/ Happy Man
9. Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man
Happy Man
Chaos Of The Galaxy
10. Come On In
11. Maria's Little Elbows
12. Cruel Sun
13. All Night Home
14. Ghost Of His Smile
15. Hundreds Of Sparrows
16. Box Of Stars (Part Two)
17. Junebug