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Ever since Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet made tightly wound guitar pop, but In Reverse takes a different approach, borrowing elements from Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, the Beatles, and Electric Light Orchestra to create a seductive ocean of sound. Vocals, guitars, and pianos are given cavernous reverb, surrounded by grand percussion, backward guitars, and brass. Unlike many of his '90s pop peers, Sweet isn't aping Pet Sounds and Magical Mystery Tour just to prove that he can -- this rich music is a personal interpretation of lush chamber pop and psychedelia, giving a musical counterpart for lovely melancholy songs of heartbreak and disillusion. In Reverse is a song cycle, with songs segueing into one another and playing off each other's themes, each blessed with glorious touches of neo-psychedelia and baroque pop. There's a unity of sound and song which makes In Reverse play like a concept album and, like any good concept album, it ends with a grandiose gesture -- a nine-minute suite called "Thunderstorm" which fuses the Beach Boys, Neil Young, and Sweet himself in unpredictable, thrilling ways. In that one song, all of the themes and pretensions of the album brilliantly come together, and that's the most remarkable thing about In Reverse -- it fulfills its ambitions while delivering the emotional impact of Girlfriend.
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Millennium Blues |
2:52 |
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| 02. | |
If Time Permits |
3:03 |
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| 03. | |
Beware My Love |
3:51 |
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| 04. | |
Faith In You |
3:32 |
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| 05. | |
Hide |
4:02 |
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| 06. | |
Future Shock |
3:22 |
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| 07. | |
Split Personality |
4:19 |
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| 08. | |
I Should Never Have Let You Know |
2:48 |
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| 09. | |
Trade Places |
2:57 |
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| 10. | |
What Matters |
4:13 |
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| 11. | |
Write Your Own Song |
3:03 |
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| 12. | |
Worse To Live |
5:04 |
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| 13. | |
Untitled |
2:43 |
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Thunderstorm |
9:37 |
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14 Total Tracks, 55:26 Total Length
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Credits
- Matthew Sweet - Organ // Matthew Sweet - Synthesizer // Matthew Sweet - Guitar (Acoustic) // Matthew Sweet - Bass // Matthew Sweet - Percussion // Matthew Sweet - Piano // Matthew Sweet - Guitar (Electric) // Matthew Sweet - Vocals // Matthew Sweet - Guitar (12 String) // Matthew Sweet - Producer // Matthew Sweet - Main Performer // Bruce Fowler - Trombone // Bruce Fowler - Euphonium // Rick Cunha - Guitar (Acoustic) // Jim Keltner - Percussion // Jim Keltner - Drums // Victor Bisetti - Percussion // Walt Fowler - Trumpet // Walt Fowler - Flugelhorn // Don Heffington - Percussion // Carol Kaye - Bass // Carol Kaye - Bass (Electric) // Greg Kurstin - Organ // Greg Kurstin - Electric Harpsichord // Greg Kurstin - Tack Piano // Greg Leisz - Guitar (Acoustic) // Greg Leisz - Pedal Steel // Greg Leisz - Guitar (Electric) // Greg Leisz - Producer // Greg Leisz - Lap Steel Guitar // Greg Leisz - Guitar (12 String Acoustic) // Bob Ludwig - Mastering // Fred Maher - Percussion // Fred Maher - Drums // Fred Maher - Producer // Tony Marsico - Bass (Acoustic) // Ric Menck - Percussion // Ric Menck - Drums // Jamie Muhoberac - Organ // Jamie Muhoberac - Piano // Jamie Muhoberac - Piano (Electric) // Jamie Muhoberac - Jupiter 8 // Mike Scotella - Engineer // Jim Scott - Producer // Jim Scott - Engineer // Jim Scott - Mixing // Paul Chastain - Guitar (Acoustic) // Johnny Buzzerio - Photography // Nick Gamma - Art Direction // Nick Gamma - Design // John Ginty - Organ // John Ginty - Piano // John Ginty - Piano (Electric) // John Ginty - Electric Harpsichord // John Ginty - Tack Piano // Brian Kehew - Organ // Brian Kehew - Piano (Electric) // Brian Kehew - Electric Harpsichord // Brian Kehew - Tack Piano // Elizabeth Moore - Set Design // Pamelia Kurstin - Theremin // Christina Ehrlich - Stylist // Miriam Vukich - Stylist
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