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Three Sheets to the Wind
Three Sheets to the Wind is an album by the American band Idaho, released in 1996.[2][3] Idaho promoted the album by touring with Low and Trans Am.[4] It was a commercial disappointment, leading Caroline Records to drop the band.[5] ProductionThe album was produced by Martin Brumbach.[6] Frontman Jeff Martin retained the same musicians who had recorded The Bayonet EP, allowing for more of a “band sound”.[7][8] Martin used a 4-string guitar on the album.[9][5] Three Sheets to the Wind was one of the first albums to employ High Definition Compatible Digital.[10] Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "Mark Lewis' brushed drumming gives 'If You Dare' a nearly jazzy feel, while 'Catapult' ventures onto classic rock-turf, with Martin’s baritone sacrificing some of its monochromatic intensity in favor of a gritty virility."[7] The Washington Post determined that the band "creates a potent tension within a narrow dynamic range, but Wind isn't trapped in the cocktail lounge... Melding tinkling piano with guitar feedback, the band rightfully serves its own elegant songs rather than mere genre revivalism."[13] Guitar Player thought that "Martin's and Dan Seta's guitars envelop the mind like mist on a dark, foggy afternoon."[14] The Albuquerque Journal stated that Wind "handles the delicate Idaho sound Martin crafted on the first album and roughs it up a bit, slapping in an off-key vocal here and a screech of feedback there to give Martin's songs a bit of grit to take your ears away from the sad sounds."[15] The Baltimore Sun concluded that the album "dilutes the pop melancholy of Jeff Martin's melodies with artfully deployed bursts of guitar dissonance."[16] The State listed Three Sheets to the Wind as the fifth best album of 1996.[17] Nashville Scene also considered the album to be one of the best of the year.[18] AllMusic wrote: "The overall result is a bit less sleepy than previous efforts, though Martin's downtrodden vision, reminiscent of Mark Eitzel, is still firmly in place. His distinct guitar sound—emanating from a four-stringed instrument with odd tunings—is still here also, as are his great chordal instincts."[11] Track listing
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