Apple O’ album

In contrast to Reveille ‘s digital production process, 2003’s Apple O’ was played almost entirely live to tape in one nine-hour session with Jay Pellicci engineering. Extinction, nuclear holocaust , invasive species , and the Greek god of music all figure prominently in the album’s themes. Karen O chose Apple O ‘ in the Rolling Stone 2003 Music Awards, Artists’ Top Albums, and the album received some critical praise, notably in the New York Times . But in what became a pattern for Deerhoof, the album’s critical appraisal improved with time, and Pitchfork later listed Apple O’ as one of the top albums of the 2000s. The record’s antiwar themes were underscored by Deerhoof’s outspoken opposition to the Iraq War .