Cellar Door (John Vanderslice album)
2004 studio album by John Vanderslice
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Cellar Door is an album by John Vanderslice, released in 2004.[4][5][6] The album contains a few songs based on then-recent films: "Promising Actress" is about Mulholland Drive and "When It Hits My Blood" narrates Requiem For A Dream.
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| Released | January 20, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 42:02 | |||
| Label | Barsuk[1] | |||
| Producer | Scott Solter, John Vanderslice | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10[3] |
Critical reception
The Austin Chronicle wrote that the "rogues' gallery of miscreants and misanthropes dart among simple instrumentation (synth, guitar, drums) as Vanderslice channels their tales."[1] Exclaim! noted that "as the content gets darker, the music grows strangely pretty, with delicate guitar, bells and his distinctive big, weird drum sound."[7]
Track listing
All tracks written by John Vanderslice, except the lyrics for Pale Horse, adapted from Shelley's The Masque of Anarchy.
- "Pale Horse" – 2:41
- "Up Above the Sea" – 3:41
- "Wild Strawberries" – 1:50
- "They Won't Let Me Run" – 3:52
- "Heated Pool and Bar" – 4:04
- "My Family Tree" – 2:24
- "White Plains" – 4:18
- "Promising Actress" – 4:29
- "Coming and Going on Easy Terms" – 4:27
- "Lunar Landscapes" – 2:50
- "When It Hits My Blood" – 3:27
- "June July" – 4:01
