See You on the Other Side (Mercury Rev album)

Infobox Album |
Name = See You On The Other Side
Type = Album
Artist = Mercury Rev


Released = September 19, 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:16
Label = Beggars Banquet Records
Producer = Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Suzanne Thorpe, Jimy Chambers
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gcx1z84aoyv2 link]
Last album = "Boces
(1993)
This album = "See You On The Other Side"
(1995)
Next album = "Deserter's Songs"
(1998)

"See You On The Other Side" is the third album by Mercury Rev, released in September 1995.

This was the first Mercury Rev album following the departure of former lead singer Dave Baker. It also marks a transition between the earlier, noisier sound of their first two releases to the more orchestrated, soft, and lush arrangements the band would embrace on subsequent albums.

The title for the album comes from what Dave Fridmann would say to the band members before going onstage.

Jonathan Donahue considered this album to be Mercury Rev's best, and fell into a deep depression after its commercial failure. Fact|date=June 2007 The album's back cover is a photograph of Donahue despondently loading a revolver.

The video for "Young Man's Stride" was directed by Moby.

Track listing

# "Empire State (Son House In Excelsis)" (Jonathan Donahue, Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak, Suzanne Thorpe) – 7:29
# "Young Man's Stride" (Donahue, Mackowiak) – 2:43
# "Sudden Ray of Hope" – 5:18 (Jimy Chambers, Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe)
# "Everlasting Arm" (Donahue, Mackowiak, Thorpe) – 5:15
# "Racing The Tide" (Chambers, Donahue, Mackowiak, Thorpe) – 7:31
# "Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade" (Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe) – 3:03
# "A Kiss from An Old Flame (A Trip to the Moon)" (Donahue, Mackowiak) – 4:22
# "Peaceful Night" (Donahue, Mackowiak) – 3:32

The Japanese version includes the bonus track "Cartwheel" 7:06 at track nine. This version of the album is very hard to find.

ingles

* "Everlasting Arm" (July 12, 1994)
*# "Everlasting Arm" - 5:15
*# "Dead Man" (as read by Alan Vega) - 34:36

Personnel

* Jonathan Donahue – Vocals, Harmony Rocket Guitars, Guitorgan, Bowed Saws and Sounds
* Dave Fridmann – Bass Explore, B-3, Pianos, Dual Vocals
* Jimy Chambers – Drumming, Mojo Stick, Wurlitzer Electric Pianos
* Grasshopper – Guitar Shapes, Single Exhaust Clarinet, Tettix Wave Accumulator
* Suzanne Thorpe – Quartz Arhoolie Flutes, French Horns