Comments on: Decade :: Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers (2005)

By: BermanFan

BermanFan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:20:56 +0000

Only indie hipsters think American Water is the Jews best album! The last 2 Albums have been better than American Water! American Water sounds like a complete mess.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:37:09 +0000

i love this record- it is 35 minutes of pure bliss. bringing cassie on board was a wise move, she sweetens what could have been a very depressing record.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:25:42 +0000

“What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time?”

this sentence actually makes no sense. something isn’t deconstructed by units of time. you mean organized. gathered and digested by and through arbitrary subjection to a criteriology based simply on a uniform unit of time. or something. but ‘deconstructed by units of time’ means NOTHING. just had to say it.

By: Me

Me — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:20:07 +0000

Best album of the decade! He will be missed.

By: We Listen For You

We Listen For You — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:10:56 +0000

I saw the Silver Jews on both the 2006 and 2009 tours and while both were great…2009 was mind blowing. I think Berman knew it was the end and all the set lists were littered with all their best songs.

By: Satisfied '75

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:02 +0000

@ xxris – curious, which tour did you see Berman on? I saw the one in 2006 (enjoyed it), but heard his last tour was 10 times better.

By: We Listen For You

We Listen For You — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:07:53 +0000

Oh, cool…I’m with you now.

By: xxris

xxris — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:47:50 +0000

well, ok, i’ll give another listen too. this was one of my favorite bands, until they finally decided to tour, and put on one of the worst shows i have ever overpaid to see. and then bought their last two records and really yawned. go back and put “bright flight” on for another spin. that is a best-of-the-decade record in my book!

By: Satisfied '75

Satisfied '75 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:49:22 +0000

@ WLFY – note album change. that was editing f up on my part.

By: We Listen For You

We Listen For You — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:45:38 +0000

Wouldn’t call American Water “stapled together”…I find it to be the best Silver Jews album and the album that displays the biggest sense of control. Each track is perfectly placed and a tempered tone runs throughout. I definitely feel like you are right with Starlite Walker, but give AW another spin, I think it’s more focused than you give credit for.

By: taryninstereo

taryninstereo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:42:07 +0000

I saved that album from being thrown out by the Indie Director at my college radio station in upstate NY. “Farmer’s Hotel” reminds me of driving in my car on Route 17 to and from college and passing by Goshen in (the other) Orange County. Thanks, Justin.