Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes
2008 studio album by The Music Tapes
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Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes is an album by The Music Tapes, a project consisting mainly of Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster, released in 2008 by Merge Records. Koster spent nine years recording the album using mainly antique hardware and such as a 1895 Edison wax cylinder recorder, a 1940s wire recorder, a "state of the art hard drive", and reel to reel tape recorders.[10]
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| Released | August 19, 2008 | |||
| Length | 43:21 | |||
| Label | Merge Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[3] |
| Christgau’s Consumer Guide |  [4] |
| Cokemachineglow | 83%[5] |
| Now | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[7] |
| Spin |  [8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
Track listing
- "Saw Pingpong And Orchestra" – 1:23
- "Schedrevka" – 0:54
- "Freeing Song For Reindeer" – 2:59
- "Majesty" – 2:44
- "Nimbus Stratus Cirrus (Mr.Piano’s Majestic Haircut)" – 2:45
- "Freeing Song By Reindeer" – 3:13
- "Tornado Longing For Freedom" – 3:57
- "Song For Oceans Falling" – 6:04
- "Kolyada #1" – 0:53
- "The Minister Of Longitude" – 4:46
- "Manifest Destiny" – 3:37
- "Kolyada #2" – 1:00
- "Cumulonimbus (Magnetic Tape For Clouds)" – 4:47
- "Julian And Grandpa" – 0:31
- "In An Ice Palace" – 3:39