Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Hill - Richard Buckner on AllMusic - 2000 - Richard Buckner established himself as a. Contents • • • • • Background [ ] Buckner's solo career began with Bloomed (1994), a -dense suite of songs recorded in, (produced by ) and heavily influenced by that state's tradition of whiskey-soaked /. It was released when Buckner was the frontman of the band the Doubters, which was not achieving very much success at the time. In January 1996, while living in, he recorded an album's worth of acoustic songs, all of which reappeared in more fully realized forms on his second and third albums. American long haul help. This CD was self-produced and self-released, and was sold exclusively at his early shows. Later that year, he with, for whom he recorded two albums, both produced. Was released in 1997, displaying a more adventurous, almost approach to songwriting and, and featuring backing from members of the band, as well as Maines and, among others. Its follow-up, 1998's Since, continues in this style, with an even greater emphasis on detailed production, this time featuring contributions from,,,, and others. Although these albums garnered considerable critical approval for Buckner, they did not perform well enough for his label, and he was released from his contract with MCA (whom he then nicknamed 'Musical Career Assassins') shortly thereafter. Since then, he has returned to recording for smaller, to continued critical acclaim and cult status. His 2000 album The Hill - his first for -based - features poems from ' (1915), which Buckner set to music. The album plays as a single track, nearly thirty-five minutes long. He returned in 2002, first with the 'teaser' EP Impasse-ette, then a full-length entitled Impasse one month later. In early 2003, his self-released, self-titled album was reissued by Overcoat, and was his final release for the label. In 2004, an edited version of Richard Buckner's song 'Ariel Ramirez', from the album Since (1998) was featured in one of the television ads for 's. The song, in its original form, was featured prominently in the 2008 horror film, The Strangers. He is currently aligned with the -based indie label, who released 2004's Dents and Shells and 2006's Meadow. Between the two, he released an album with called Sir Dark Invader vs. The Fanglord (2005, originally recorded in 's house in 2002) on Buried Treasure Records. Merge Records released Buckner's album on August 2, 2011. The album was licensed in Europe and Oceania to Decor records. Buckner latest album,, was released in 2013 by Merge Records. Discography [ ] • Bloomed (1994, 1999) • Richard Buckner (1996, 2003) • (1997) • Since (1998) • The Hill (2000) • Impasse-ette (EP) (2002) • Impasse (2002) • Dents and Shells (2004) • Sir Dark Invader vs. The Fanglord [with Jon Langford] (2005) • Meadow (2006) • (2011) • (2013) Other contributions [ ] • – (, 2003) References [ ]. Archived from on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-01. • Howe, Brian (2009-03-30). Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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