II (Espers album)
| II | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 16, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 2005, Hexham Head Sound Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Genre | Folk, psychedelic folk, New Weird America | |||
| Length | 50:01 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Greg Weeks | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Dusted Magazine | (mixed) |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| musicOMH | |
| The New York Times | (positive) |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) |
| Stylus Magazine | (A-) |
| The Village Voice | (mixed) |
| Yahoo! Music | |
II is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by Marianne Faithfull on her 2008 album Easy Come, Easy Go. The song 'Mansfield And Cyclops' was also included in The Amorphous Androgynous' A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music in the same year.