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The Invisible Man (album)

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The Invisible Man
Studio album by
Released2001
GenreRock
LabelMatador Records
ProducerMark Eitzel, Jason Carmer
Mark Eitzel chronology
Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby
(1998)
The Invisible Man
(2001)
Music for Courage and Confidence
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(75/100)[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media9.1/10[2]
Tiny Mix Tapes

The Invisible Man is a solo album by the American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel, released by Matador Records in 2001.[4]

It is a more electronic effort by Eitzel, who is known for his stark, acoustic arrangements. Eitzel wrote all of the songs on an acoustic guitar, but finished most of them with a sampler and Pro Tools on his Power Mac G4 in the front room of his house.[5]

Critical reception

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No Depression called the album "a real return to form, evoking the ghost of [Eitzel's] former band of arch-miserablists, the American Music Club."[6] The Detroit Metro Times called it a "subdued yet powerful record, confirming Eitzel as a talented musician and one of the best songwriters of his generation."[7]

Track listing

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  1. "The Boy With the Hammer"
  2. "Can You See?"
  3. "Christian Science Reading Room"
  4. "Sleep"
  5. "To the Sea"
  6. "Shine"
  7. "Steve I Always Knew"
  8. "Bitterness"
  9. "Anything"
  10. Without You
  11. "The Global Sweep of Human History"
  12. "Seeing Eye Dog"
  13. "Proclaim Your Joy"

References

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  1. ^ "The Invisible Man - Mark Eitzel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Tangari, Joe (May 22, 2001). "Eitzel: The Invisible Man". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Reviews for The Invisible Man by Mark Eitzel - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Mark Eitzel: The Invisible Man". PopMatters. May 21, 2001.
  5. ^ "Matador Records - Mark Eitzel". Matador Records. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Mark Eitzel – The Invisible Man – No Depression". www.nodepression.com.
  7. ^ "Mark Eitzel hits back". Detroit Metro Times.