Sultans of Sentiment

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Sultans of Sentiment
Studio album by
Released1997
GenreIndie rock, emo
Length37:24
LabelGern Blandsten Records[1]
ProducerAlap Momin
The Van Pelt chronology
Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves
(1996)
Sultans of Sentiment
(1997)
Imaginary Third
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME7/10[3]

Sultans of Sentiment is the second album by the indie rock band the Van Pelt, released in 1997.[4][5] In 2014, the album was remastered and reissued by La Castanya Records.[6]

Critical reception[edit]

AllMusic wrote that "their formula works brilliantly on this ten-track CD, with Chris Leo's grueling spoken vocals clearly paving the way for the evocative rock the rest of the band contributes."[2] Vulture.com described "Nanzen Kills a Cat" as "a near-perfect encapsulation" of the emo genre.[7]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Nanzen Kills A Cat" - 4:14
  2. "The Good, The Bad & The Blind" - 4:30
  3. "Yamato (Where People Really Die)" - 2:57
  4. "My Bouts With Pouncing" - 3:00
  5. "Don't Make Me Walk My Own Log" - 3:56
  6. "The Young Alchemists" - 4:04
  7. "We Are The Heathens" - 3:20
  8. "Pockets Of Pricks" - 2:44
  9. "Let's Make A List" - 3:33
  10. "Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?" - 5:06

Personnel[edit]

  • Brian Maryansky
  • Chris Leo
  • Neil O'Brien
  • Sean P. Greene

References[edit]

  1. ^ "From The Desk Of The Van Pelt's Chris Leo: All The Weirdos Along The Delaware River". Magnet. June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Sultans of Sentiment - Van Pelt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "NME.COM - THE VAN PELT - Sultans Of Sentiment - 22/11/97". NME. August 17, 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000.
  4. ^ "Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves / Sultans of Sentiment". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ "Van Pelt Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Chris Leo's the Van Pelt Unearth 'Imaginary Third' | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  7. ^ Ian Cohen; David Anthony; Nina Corcoran; Emma Garland; Brad Nelson (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture.com. Vox Media. Retrieved February 15, 2020.