John VandersliceBest John Vanderslice Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
14
Opinions
11
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 14 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated John Vanderslice's catalog across 11 albums from 14 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated John Vanderslice album is Cellar Door (2004) with a 7.8/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Pixel Revolt and Mass Suicide Occult Figurines. The discography on Wavelength spans 2000 to 2019.
Pixel Revolt
“Meticulously arranged album is split between songs about 9/11 and those about subjects like losing a girlfriend's rabbit and detectives.”
Mass Suicide Occult Figurines
“"Everybody's got screwed up stories/ Everybody's got gruesome details," sings John Vanderslice. "But you'll never get mine/ It's not that bad/ It could never justify my life." Having followed Vanderslice's musical activities for the past few years, I've learned a couple of things about him-- not the least of which is that you should take anything he says with a grain of salt, as his penchant for N”
Time Travel Is Lonely
“Late breaking news from *The Globe*: "John Vanderslice is known for playing jokes. In his former band, MK Ultra, he attempted to convince people with their 1996 sophomore release, *Actual Motion Picture Soundtrack*, that the record was a real soundtrack for a yet-to-be released independent film. With his song "Bill Gates Must Die," from his solo debut, 2000's *Mass Suicide Occult Figurines*, he wr”
Cellar Door
“In the discussion of music, our beloved protestant work ethic often takes the form of a seemingly paradoxical double-standard. On the one hand, we expect music to demonstrate effort and skill beyond what we consider ourselves capable of-- hence snarky and devastating dismissals to the tune of "give me a few days and even I could make that album." At the same time, we have little tolerance for anyt”
Life and Death of an American Fourtracker
“Law enforcers and psychiatrists have begun to notice a new deviant sexual behavior on the rise. No, not priests diddling young parishoners-- they've known about that for ages. *This* unspeakable scourge is called techno-eroticism, a term loosely defined as an inappropriate romantic relations with mechanical objects. In a pornographic underworld too seedy and secret for even Nicolas Cage to penetra”
Romanian Names (Bonus Track Version)
“Singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is consistent almost to a fault, but here he sounds relatively loose and natural, resulting in one of his better records.”
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