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The American Analog Set
Released 1999

New Drifters III
03:41
987 plays

The Golden Band
03:00
980 plays

Will the Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?
02:32
956 plays

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- 1
- Weather Report
- 02:53
- 1,376 plays

- 2
- A Good Friend Is Always Around
- 02:32
- 1,173 plays

- 3
- It's All About Us
- 06:29
- 1,167 plays

- 4
- A Schoolboy's Charm
- 04:22
- 1,062 plays

- 5
- The Wait
- 03:09
- 1,124 plays

- 6
- New Drifters I
- 02:00
- 1,015 plays

- 7
- New Drifters II
- 03:13
- 1,023 plays

- 8
- New Drifters III
- 03:41
- 987 plays

- 9
- New Drifters IV
- 00:46
- 893 plays

- 10
- The Golden Band
- 03:00
- 980 plays

- 11
- I Must Soon Quit the Scene
- 05:39
- 1,192 plays

- 12
- Will the Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?
- 02:32
- 956 plays

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album review

The Golden Band reduces the American Analog Set's approach to its barest essentials -- favoring shorter, more economical songs over the epics of past outings, the group's third album also strips away much of their cosmic veneer to reveal the human pulse which tethers Andrew Kenny's songs and keeps them from floating away. The effect is hardly less hypnotic than earlier AmAnSet efforts, but is simply more direct -- while Kenny's hushed vocals and oblique lyrics still evoke first and foremost an eyes-wide-shut otherness, the record insinuates itself on the strength of a subtly expanded emotional palette which lends a haunting new dimension to the group's fragile beauty. And while songs like "Weather Report" and "A Schoolboy's Charm" still don't build toward any kind of conventional climax, they nevertheless boast a drama and tension all their own. Ultimately, The Golden Band's quiet power speaks volumes. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide