''Into the Oh'' is the third album by the American band Geggy Tah, released in 2001. It was the band's final album. Geggy Tah supported it by playing shows with labelmate

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Production

Geggy Tah started work on the album in 1997; due to personal issues and label trouble, the album was delayed for four years.

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played drums on three of the album's tracks.

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appears on "Aliens Somewhere," reading "a postcard from a strange cloud." The album was mixed by Michael Patterson.

Critical reception

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'' called the album a collection of "silky smooth and gorgeously appointed meditations on love." ''

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'' determined that "amiable hippie rock doesn’t get better than this." The ''

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'' noted that ''Into the Oh'' "employs contemplative, but odd lyrics, trippy melodies and unique instruments that create a surreal, multilayered effect." The ''

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'' praised "Holly Oak", likening it to a "nimble amalgam

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sounds like nothing so much as Tim Buckley, or perhaps a very young Paul Simon, trying to play Steely Dan's 'Only a Fool Would Say That'." Steve Slosarek, of ''

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'', listed the album as the fifth best of 2001, praising the "soothing ... funk-jazz-experimental rock music." ''

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'' concluded that the band "has largely dispensed with the power pop that peppered past efforts, and instead concentrates on creating dance grooves and throwing in odd instrumental choices."

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stated that the album has "the most beautiful and unexpected songs" and that listening to it made him "personally envious." The ''

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'' included ''Into the Oh'' on its list of the 10 best "overlooked" albums of 2001. ''

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'' considered it the 16th best album of 2001.

Track listing

#"Goodnight to the Machine" – 0:57 #"One Zero" – 3:10 #"Dumb Submarine" – 3:54 #"Sweat" – 4:36 #"Holly Oak" – 3:00 #"Space Heater" – 4:01 #"Love Is Alone" – 4:44 #"Special Someone" – 3:51 #"I Forgot" – 4:05 #"Aliens Somewhere" – 4:10 #"I'll Find My Way" – 4:03 #"Love Is in Love" – 4:13

References

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