Pyramid Electric Co.

Pyramid Electric Co.
Studio album by Jason Molina
Released 2004
Recorded 2001
Genre Folk
Length 41:31
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Mike Mogis
Jason Molina chronology
2004
Pyramid Electric Co.		 2006
Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(6.9/10)[2]

Pyramid Electric Co. is the first full-length solo album by Jason Molina, released in 2004 on Secretly Canadian Records. It was recorded by Mike Mogis and received universal critical acclaim according to Metacritic (with an 81 aggregate score). While critics found it hard going: "Pyramid is not Songs: Ohia but the musical equivalent of A Season in Hell, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all", [3] they also commented on the sincerity of the delivery: "The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary — it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently."[4] An unusual feature of the album was that it was released as a vinyl LP only, but each copy also contains the CD version of the album in miniaturized artwork.

Track listing

  1. Pyramid Electric Co. – 8:49
  2. Red Comet Dust – 5:05
  3. Division Street Girl – 5:42
  4. Honey, Watch Your Ass – 7:25
  5. Song of the Road – 4:35
  6. Spectral Alphabet – 3:12
  7. Long Desert Train – 6:39

References

  1. ↑ "Pyramid Electric Co. by Jason Molina". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ Review at Stylus magazine
  4. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
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