1995 Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot CD Capitol CDP 7243 8 32816 2 6
1 Homecoming Queen 3:35
2 Weird Sisters 4:59
3 850 Double Pumper Holley 0:36
4 Rainmaker 3:46
5 Spirit Ditch 3:23
6 Tears on Fresh Fruit 2:07
7 Saturday 2:27
8 Cow 7:12
9 Little Bastard Choo Choo 0:39
10 Hammering the Cramps 2:49
11 Most Beautiful Widow in Town 3:18
12 Heart of Darkness 1:51
13 Ballad of a Cold Lost Marble 0:46
14 Someday I Will Treat You Good 3:40
15 Sad & Beautiful World 3:32
16 Gasoline Horseys 2:39
In the days following Mark Linkous\'s suicide, as writers tried to find the words to evoke the decaying beauty of the Sparklehorse main-man\'s hushed alt-country, many turned to the simplicity of his tune \"Sad & Beautiful World.\" The song is little more than its title; a repeated refrain —\"it\'s a sad and beautiful world\"— elemental in its simplicity. It even delivers a couplet that\'s doubled in profundity ever since Linkous put a bullet through his heart in a Knoxville alley: \"sometimes days go speeding past/sometimes this one seems like the last.\"
\"Sad & Beautiful World\" is found on the debut Sparklehorse LP, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot. Though the album gained most of its attention, on its initial release, from buzzing, distorted, anthemic alt-rock numbers like \"Someday I Will Treat You Good\" and \"Hammering the Cramps,\" its longevity, its influence, and its cult following came about through those sad, sad songs where Linkous whispered in a cracked voice over sparse guitars and swimming radio static.
Over the years, Linkous would refine his shadowy, atmospheric, mood-music craft, leading to collaborations with everyone from Tom Waits to Fennesz to Danger Mouse, and other classic cuts like \"It\'s a Wonderful Life\" (whose music video was, memorably, made by amazing Canadian filmmaking anachronist Guy Maddin).
But, nothing quite captured Linkous\'s abundant talents like his debut album; one that will continue to charm and inspire listeners long after he\'s gone.
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