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Mercury Rev is tagged as: indie, dream pop, indie rock, alternative, rock

Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).
With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993’s Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band’s next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.
With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band’s formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993’s Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury ...
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Top 10 Mercury Rev Songs
Goddess On A Hiway
Holes
Opus 40
Tonite It Shows
Endlessly
I Collect Coins
The Funny Bird
Hudson Line
Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
The Happy End (The Drunk Room)
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Deserter's Songs
All Is Dream
The Secret Migration
Snowflake Midnight
Deserters Songs
Yerself Is Steam
Boces
Black Session
See You On the Other Side
Deserter's Songs/All Is Dream
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