Product Description
Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1998 album including a bonus disc with 13 rarities. A touching, majestic gem of a record, Deserter's Songs raises the bar not just for Mercury Rev themselves, but orchestrated Pop in general. There's a timelessness to both the compositions and the arrangements here. Grand sonic visions are realized with horns, keyboards, strings, even a bowed saw! No matter how big the sound gets, though, it's all carefully controlled, and the cinematic scope enhances the songs, rather than obscuring them. Simple -- but never blunt -- lyrics benefit from an infectious melodicism that speaks to the pop songcraft skills Mercury Rev has mastered. The sweeping scale of Deserter's Songs never denies the small, intimate pleasures that pop up from song to song, as the band combines Psychedelia, '60s Pop, Flaming Lips-ish Indie Rock and a homey Folk-Rock sound (the Band's Garth Hudson and Levon Helm even appear here) for a masterpiece of epic proportions.

Deserter's Songs: Deluxe Edition - Disc 1

01. Holes
02. Tonite It Shows
03. Endlessly
04. I Collect Coins
05. Opus 40
06. Hudson Line
07. The Happy End (The Drunk Room)
08. Goddess On A Hiway
09. The Funny Bird
10. Pick Up If You're There
11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp

Deserter's Songs: Deluxe Edition - Disc 2

01. Piano Vs. Telephone [Cassette Tape Player Demo]
02. Holes [Bill Laswell 1998 Remix]
03. Pick Up If You're There [DJ Nickel 1998 Remix]
04. Endlessly [Tascam 8-Track Reel To Reel Demo]
05. A Soft Kiss (For Waking Up) [Cassette Tape Player Demo]
06. Tonite It Shows [Tascam 8-Track Reel To Reel Demo]
07. Looking Back Now, I Can See [Unreleased Mix]
08. Opus 40 [Early Rough Version]
09. Hudson Line [Early Rough Version]
10. Judging By The Moon [Cassette Tape Player Demo]
11. Goddess On A Hiway [1989 Cassette Tape Player Demo]
12. Night On Panther Mountain [Unreleased Mix]
13. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp [Early Rough Version]

CD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Q731RM/?tag=imwan-20

LP:
Order link not yet available

Note that this is being released internationally by V2/CO-OP and domestically by Fontana... ordering links will be updated as necessary.

Additionally, Rock Edition is reporting that some copies will also include an additional bonus disc of live material:

More info from the band's official website:

One of my favorite albums of the 90's, but the contents of the bonus disc doesn't excite me much.

Agree GodsComic but if we can get the live CD as well I'm in.