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The album's rich acoustic sound initially received mixed reactions, with critics and fans surprised at the turn from the primarily electric arrangements of the first two albums, further fuelling the band's hostility to the musical press.
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It gets 161 of its 950 horsepower from an electric motor arrangement mounted at the back of its 7-speed automated transaxle.
Without drums or electric guitar, the arrangements grew transparent, uncovering all their layered vocal parts — sometimes just quick, single, staggered notes richocheting among the three female singers — and making Mr. Longstreth's philosophical lyrics, about intention and the nature of reality, sound almost wistful.
African/rock crossover albums can go horribly wrong, but there's something about this one-time Salif Keita backing vocalist's precise, almost oriental-sounding, voice, set against the rolling arrangements of electric guitars, ngoni and atmospherically engaging samples, that make this work surprisingly well.
Her entrancing slow vibrato – close your eyes and it might have been a younger, softer Erykah Badu – floating above her simple arrangements on electric guitar was so heartfelt that Bon Iver gave her a round of applause just for her soundcheck.
By 1800, Volta discovered how to create high electric currents, using two arrangements of conductors: one a pile of silver and zinc discs separated by cardboard moistened with brine; the other a series of glasses containing saltwater and connected with bimetallic, curved electrodes.
As Janet Maslin wrote, "The three albums of this period Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited both released in 1965, and Blonde on Blonde from 1966 used their electric instrumentation and rock arrangements to achieve a crashing exuberance Dylan hadn't approached before".
He also set aside his electric guitar for dulcet acoustic arrangements.
"Nothing's in Vain" (Nonesuch) has the transparency of acoustic arrangements even when electric instruments slip in.
But he pulls that sound forward with dub bass lines, droning electric guitars, downtempo funk and arrangements for winds and strings.
On "I See the Sign," Amidon sings quirky folk tunes, Muhly contributes string and wind arrangements, Frost plays electric guitar, and Sigurðsson adds intricate electronics.
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