Aoxomoxoa
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Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 album by the Grateful Dead. One of the first rock albums to be recorded using 16-track technology, fans and critics alike consider this era to be the band's experimental apex. The title is a meaningless palindrome, usually pronounced "ox-oh-mox-oh-ah".
Rolling Stone, upon reviewing the album, mentioned that "no other music sustains a lifestyle so delicate and loving and lifelike".[The album was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1997. In 1991 Rolling Stone selected Aoxomoxoa as having the eighth best album cover of all time.-"Wikipedia"
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Rolling Stone
Aoxomoxoa is the work of the magical band. Can you hear this music and not see them before your eyes? The music is so much the reality of their physical and spiritual bodies that seeing them is the wonder of seeing music
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Classic Rock Review
With this widely expanded lineup, one might expect rich, full, orchestral arrangements. However, Aoxomoxoa does have a strong emphasis on acoustic songs and simple arrangements, which give it a very accessible sound on most tracks. Still, the group put tremendous time, effort, and money into the production of this studio album.
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All Music
Even leaning wholeheartedly into all the available bells and whistles, the band couldn't quite capture with Aoxomoxoa the depths of cosmic wonder they tapped into organically every time they took the stage. Not without its excellent moments, the album is more a document of late-'60s studio experimentation than a huge step in any sustained path for the band.
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Spectrum Culture
What Aoxomoxoa shows is that there is no emblematic Dead record (or live show, for that matter), no microcosm that one can point to and say this is what Grateful Dead is about. The only constant in the band’s nearly 40 years of existence was change.
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Riff Magazine
Much of Aoxomoxoa is fairly conventional from a songwriting perspective. The psychedelic element manifests in strange passing moments throughout. The band incorporated these passages, but it wasn’t until extended noise experiment “What’s Become Of The Baby” that the group was able to stretch out and fully explore its sonic palette.
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Albumism
Aoxomoxoa is a clear portrait of “being concerned with the weird.” It’s the ultimate trip album exploring life and death. What is one without the other? Drop the needle and you’ll find all you need to know.
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