Silver JewsBest Silver Jews Albums Ranked
8.0
Avg Score
14
Opinions
8
Albums
6
Reviewers
Summary from 14 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Silver Jews's catalog across 8 albums from 14 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated Silver Jews album is American Water (1998) with a 9.2/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by The Natural Bridge and Tanglewood Numbers. The discography on Wavelength spans 1996 to 2012. The Wild Kindness ranks as the highest-rated Silver Jews song on Wavelength with a 9.1/10 average.
American Water
“In 1998, David Berman approached perfection. Absorbed in metaphor, ennui, and isolation, the loping music of American Water didn’t seem like it was trying to be art. It just was.”
The Natural Bridge
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit David Berman’s essential 1996 album, a uniquely dark and atmospheric entry in the Silver Jews catalog.”
Bright Flight
“As the story goes, the first time Carl Sandburg visited Carl Sandburg High School in his home state of Illinois he was mistaken for a bum off the street and promptly ordered to leave the premises. School officials quickly learned their mistake and all sorts of ass-kissing inevitably ensued. Sandburg, it is said, was gracious and extremely considerate through the whole thing. Now whether this story”
Tanglewood Numbers
“Latest from David Berman's Silver Jews retains his signature blend of jubilance and sorrow, but is the most band-oriented rock record he's ever made.”
Early Times
“This reissue collects the crude and exceedingly noisy early recordings of the Silver Jews, back when the band included Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich.”
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
“Their first album in three years, the latest from Silver Jews finds songwriter David Berman in a more focused mode, writing lines that seem to straighten out some of his bent lyrical aesthetic. Nashville's Mark Nevers (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Lambchop, the Clientele) produces.”
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