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  • Release Date: 06/21/2011
  • Sales Rank: 154
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
  • UPC: 656605213521
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Bon Iver

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Bon Iver

1LISTENPerth 4:22
2LISTENMinnesota, WI 3:52
3LISTENHolocene 5:36
4LISTENTowers 3:08
5LISTENMichicant 3:45
6LISTENHinnom, TX 2:45
7LISTENWash. 4:58
8LISTENCalgary 4:10
9LISTENLisbon, OH 1:33
10LISTENBeth/Rest 5:16

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Editorial Reviews

Part of the beauty of Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was the intimate, backwoods feel of the recording and the simplicity of Justin Vernon's soaring, open wound of a voice with only minimal musical backing to distract from its impact. After a couple years in which his life was turned upside down thanks to the success of For Emma, Vernon's second album is quite different. Where For Emma was stripped down and intimate, Bon Iver is packed with guest musicians, horn sections, strings, and extra vocalists. Within the expanded arrangements, there are still moments of tender beauty: the relatively restrained "Wash.," which pits Vernon's aching vocal orchestra against a jagged, repeating piano line (and only minimal strings and pedal steel); the first two-thirds of "Holocene," and the simple and affecting "Michicant." Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

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June 28, 2011: The sophomore effort from Justin Vernon is a stunner. I absolutely love his vocal style and it is still the lead "instrument" in this recording. Listening to this on headphones is an incredible experience as well, I hear something new with each listen. Obligatory comparisons would evoke the varied likes of Wilco, Sigur Ros, Jeff Buckley, Arcade Fire and yes even ELO. The only downside I see in this album is the very last track "Beth/Rest". It is a fine track on it's own but, to me, it does not fit in with the rest of the album at all. The first 2 tracks "Perth" and "Minnesota, WI" more than make up for this minor "flaw"