II (Espers album)

2006 studio album by Espers

Studio album by

Espers

Released| May 16, 2006
Recorded| October–December 2005, Hexham Head Sound Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA
Genre| Folk, psychedelic folk, New Weird America
Length| 50:01
Label| Drag City
Producer| Greg Weeks
Espers chronology
| The Weed Tree
(2005)  | II
(2006)  | III
(2009)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 79/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic|  [2]
Dusted Magazine| (mixed) [3]
The Guardian|  [4]
The Independent|  [5]
musicOMH|  [6]
The New York Times| (positive) [7]
Pitchfork Media| (7.9/10) [8]
Stylus Magazine| (A-) [9]
The Village Voice| (mixed) [10]
Yahoo! Music|  [11]

II is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by Marianne Faithfull on her 2008 album Easy Come, Easy Go. The song 'Mansfield And Cyclops' was also included in The Amorphous Androgynous' A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music in the same year.

## Track listing

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1. "Dead Queen" – 8:13
2. "Widow's Weed" – 6:51
3. "Cruel Storm" – 5:17
4. "Children of Stone" – 8:54
5. "Mansfield and Cyclops" – 5:57
6. "Dead King" – 8:02
7. "Moon Occults the Sun" – 6:47

## References

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1. ^ "II by Espers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
2. ^ II at AllMusic
3. ^ "Dusted Reviews: Espers - II". Dustedmagazine.com. May 29, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
4. ^ Betty Clarke (July 28, 2006). "CD: Espers, Espers II | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
5. ^ Gill, Andy (July 28, 2006). "Album: Espers - Reviews - Music". The Independent. London. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
6. ^ "Espers - Espers II | album reviews". musicOMH. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
7. ^ The New York Times (May 15, 2006). "New CD's - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
8. ^ [1] Archived May 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ "Espers - II - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
10. ^ Mike Powell (June 13, 2006). "City-Slicker Rural Folkies Get the Led Out - Page 1 - Music - New York". Village Voice. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
11. ^ 18 mins ago (April 20, 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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* Dear Companion
* Don't Weigh Down the Light
* Furling

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