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A Better Version of Me|Rainer Maria

A Better Version of Me

Rainer Maria
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Overview

Track Listing

1 Artificial Light
2 Thought I Was
3 Ceremony
4 The Seven Sisters
5 Save My Skin
6 The Contents of Lincoln's Pockets
7 Atropine
8 Spit and Fire
9 Hell and High Water

Details

  • Genre: Rock & Pop
  • Release Date: January 2001
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Audio Format: Stereo
  • Producer: Mark Haines
  • Engineer: Mark Haines

Music Reviews

Editorial Reviews

Spin (3/01, pp.148,152) - 7 out of 10 - "...They manage to turn pomp and bombast into positives, flipping the emo equation on its ear....[It] transcends itself..." Entertainment Weekly (2/9/01, p.78) - "...Argues that poetic ambition and feminine perspective still have a place in modern rock..." - Rating: B+ Alternative Press (4/01, p.85) - 4 out of 5 - "...In addition to writing stronger songs, the trio seem much more comfortable and focused in the studio....Kyle Fischer's guitar work is as exploratory as ever...everything on BETTER VERSION is top-notch..." Magnet (1-2/01, p.104) - "...Somewhere between Superchunk's scrappy pop, Sleater-Kinney's tangles-web anthems and Shudder To Think's idiosyncratic, avant-smartypants lyricism....emerging from the pile as both pugilist and poet..."

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