Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes

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.[7]

Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
GenreIndie rock
Length43:21
LabelMerge Records
The Music Tapes chronology
2nd Imaginary Symphony For Cloudmaking
(2002)
Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes
(2008)
Mary's Voice
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Coke Machine Glow(83%) [1]
No Ripcord(8/10) [2]
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10) [3]
Prefix Magazine [4]
Spin [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes [6]

Track listing

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  1. "Saw Pingpong And Orchestra" – 1:23
  2. "Schedrevka" – 0:54
  3. "Freeing Song For Reindeer" – 2:59
  4. "Majesty" – 2:44
  5. "Nimbus Stratus Cirrus (Mr.Piano’s Majestic Haircut)" – 2:45
  6. "Freeing Song By Reindeer" – 3:13
  7. "Tornado Longing For Freedom" – 3:57
  8. "Song For Oceans Falling" – 6:04
  9. "Kolyada #1" – 0:53
  10. "The Minister Of Longitude" – 4:46
  11. "Manifest Destiny" – 3:37
  12. "Kolyada #2" – 1:00
  13. "Cumulonimbus (Magnetic Tape For Clouds)" – 4:47
  14. "Julian And Grandpa" – 0:31
  15. "In An Ice Palace" – 3:39
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References

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  1. ^ Coke Machine Glow Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ No Ripcord review
  3. ^ Pitchfork review
  4. ^ Prefix Magazine review
  5. ^ Spin Review
  6. ^ Tiny Mixtape review Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Merge Records (2008-07-16). "Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes". Merge Records. Retrieved 2008-07-16.