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* JerkassWoobie: Kozelek ''really'' can be seen as this: Dude makes some very depressing and melancholic music that everyone can sympathize with (even the current music where it's just him discussing autobiographical situations), but there's no doubt that his ego driven behavior doesn't help matters either.
* MemeticMutation: The titles Mark gives songs tend to be this by fans, simply because of how over the top they are.
* {{Narm}}: As mentioned above, certain song titles tend to be this for fans, due to how awkward they care compared to how the song is.
** The album covers, which seem like something straight out of an Instagram account, with ''Benji'' coming into mind.
** "The War on Drugs, Suck My Cock", that is all.
* {{Narm}}: As mentioned above, certain song titles tend to be this for fans, due to how awkward they care compared to how the song is.
** The album covers, which seem like something straight out of an Instagram account, with ''Benji'' coming into mind.
** "The War on Drugs, Suck My Cock", that is all.
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* TearJerker: The majority of ''April'' basically qualifies for this.
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* TearJerker: The majority of ''April'' basically qualifies for this.this, since it's themes of loss revolve around Mark's feelings after the death of his muse.
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** The transition from "songs" to "rambles" tend to bother fans, especially those who see the project as a RHP successor and miss Mark's singing style. Not helped later albums are seen as just "Mark ranting/rambling about something in his life".
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* AwesomeMusic: All the albums have moments like this, but ''Ghosts on the Great Highway'' is often considered a prime example of amazing work, in particular with the EpicRocking track of "Duk Koo Kim".
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All the albums have moments like this, but ''Ghosts on the Great Highway'' is often considered a prime example of amazing work, in particular with the EpicRocking track of "Duk Koo Kim".
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* AwesomeMusic: All the albums have moments like this, but ''Ghosts on the Great Highway'' is often considered a prime example of amazing work, in particular with the EpicRocking track of "Duk Koo Kim".
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* FaceOfTheBand: Kozelek
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** "Glen Tiptonn" is a very sad song, until the line "[[WhamLine I buried my first victim when I was nineteen]]" hits. Yeesh...
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* NightmareFuel: "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes," with some TearJerker mixed in for good measure.
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** The two albums after ''Benji,'' ''Universal Themes'' and ''Common as Light and Love are Red Valleys of Blood,'' seem to not only be continuing the minimalistic garage folk of ''Benji,'' but they've also been stretching out the songs longer and longer and filling them up with so called "dadrants" from Mark, something that has put off a lot of longtime fans, especially after Mark's behavior at concerts during the ''Universal Themes'' tour.
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** Off his new album, "Early June Blues," a song about Mark realizing the pain of touring especially during an agonizing year like 2016, and "God Bless Ohio," a song where Mark returns to his hometown and realizes how dilapidated it's all become, immediately come to mind.
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* MagnumOpus: ''Benji'' has proven to be this among the music publications, however, longtime fans are much more likely to vouch for either ''Ghosts of The Great Highway'' or ''April'' as the group's best work.
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* EpicRiff: "With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry," "Little Rascals," "Garden of Lavender," "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"
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* EpicRiff: "With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry," "Little Rascals," "Garden of Lavender," "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"Causes," "Pray for Newtown"
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** "Pray for Newtown," "Glenn Tipton," and "Carry Me Ohio."
** "Jim Wise," a true story about a man who mercy-killed his wife.
** "Jim Wise," a true story about a man who mercy-killed his wife.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's fans love the record for it's sparse nature, and for how much personal information Kozelek divulges on the record. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written, boring album that has been grossly over-hyped by the music press.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's Its fans love the record for it's sparse nature, and for how much personal information Kozelek divulges on the record.lyrics, and haunting atmsphere. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written, boring album that has been grossly over-hyped by the music press.
* EpicRiff: "With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry," "Little Rascals," "Garden of Lavender," "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"
* EpicRiff: "With a Sort of Grace I Walked to the Bathroom to Cry," "Little Rascals," "Garden of Lavender," "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"
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** "Garden of Lavender," dear god.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's fans love the record due to how it's lyrics divulge a number of personal facts about Kozelek's life. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written album that has been overhyped by critics.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's fans love the record due to how for it's lyrics divulge a number of sparse nature, and for how much personal facts about Kozelek's life. information Kozelek divulges on the record. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written written, boring album that has been overhyped grossly over-hyped by critics.the music press.
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* MagnumOpus: ''April'' to the point where most people think there's no Mark Kozelek-related album that so much as even comes close in quality.
** An equal number of fans think that their debut album ''Ghosts of The Great Highway'' qualifies as this, and see it as the culmination of the artistic evolution that Kozelek began with ''Ocean Beach''.
** An equal number of fans think that their debut album ''Ghosts of The Great Highway'' qualifies as this, and see it as the culmination of the artistic evolution that Kozelek began with ''Ocean Beach''.
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* MagnumOpus: ''April'' ''Benji'' has proven to be this among the point where most people think there's no Mark Kozelek-related album that so music publications, however, longtime fans are much as even comes close in quality.
** An equal number of fans think that their debut albummore likely to vouch for either ''Ghosts of The Great Highway'' qualifies as this, and see it or ''April'' as the culmination of the artistic evolution that Kozelek began with ''Ocean Beach''.group's best work.
** An equal number of fans think that their debut album
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* BaseBreaker: ''Among The Leaves''... and don't get started with how complex things already were!
** ''Admiral Fell Promises'' is also one to a lesser extent.
** ''Admiral Fell Promises'' is also one to a lesser extent.
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* TearJerker: The majority of ''April'' basically qualifies for this.
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* TearJerker: The majority of ''April'' basically qualifies for this.this.
* VindicatedByHistory: When ''Admiral Fell Promises" was released in 2010, a number of fans were displeased with the fact that Kozelek opted to record an album without any accompaniment. Nowadays, however, a number of fans venerate it as one of the stronger albums of Mark Kozelek's career.
* VindicatedByHistory: When ''Admiral Fell Promises" was released in 2010, a number of fans were displeased with the fact that Kozelek opted to record an album without any accompaniment. Nowadays, however, a number of fans venerate it as one of the stronger albums of Mark Kozelek's career.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's fans love the record for it's willingness to directly confront several incidents in Kozelek's life. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written album that has been overhyped by critics.
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** ''Benji'' is proving to be just as divisive as ''Among The Leaves''. It's fans love the record for due to how it's willingness to directly confront several incidents in lyrics divulge a number of personal facts about Kozelek's life. In contrast, it's detractors view it as a lazily written album that has been overhyped by critics.
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