Mare Vitalis

{{Infobox album

| name = Mare Vitalis

| type = Album

| artist = the Appleseed Cast

| cover = Mare_Vitalis.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 9, 2000

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock{{cite web|last1=Cohen|first1=Ian|last2=Anthony|first2=David|last3=Corcoran|first3=Nina|last4=Garland|first4=Emma|last5=Nelson|first5=Brad|date=February 13, 2020|title=100 Best Emo Songs of All Time|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=Vulture}}|post-rock{{cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|date=September 7, 2017|title=A Brief History of Emo Bands Making Art Rock|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/from-sunny-day-to-brand-new-a-brief-history-of-emo-bands-making-art-rock/|access-date=May 15, 2023|website=BrooklynVegan}}|math rock}}

| length = 42:00

| label = Deep Elm

| producer = Ed Rose, The Appleseed Cast

| prev_title = The End of the Ring Wars

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Low Level Owl, Vol. 1

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Gordon|first=Nicholas|title=Mare Vitalis - The Appleseed Cast | Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mare-vitalis-mw0000051634|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 13, 2021}}

| rev2 = Kerrang!

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Young |first=Simon|date=January 22, 2000 |title=Albums |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=785 |page=46}}

}}

Mare Vitalis (Latin for "Sea of Life") is the second full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based emo group the Appleseed Cast.{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |date=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |pages=44–45}} It was released on Deep Elm Records in 2000.{{cite web|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=The Appleseed Cast {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-appleseed-cast-mn0000751390/biography|access-date=April 13, 2021|publisher=AllMusic}}{{cite web|last=Spacek|first=Nick|date=July 16, 2015|title=Throwback Thursday: Listen to Appleseed Cast's 'Mare Vitalis' ahead of their Sunday Riot Room show|url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/throwback-thursday-listen-to-appleseed-casts-mare-vitalis-ahead-of-their-sunday-riot-room-show/|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=The Pitch}}

Critical reception

Exclaim! called "Storms" "a brooding, seven-and-half minute emo classic."{{cite web|last=Ferraz|first=Rob|date=July 1, 2000|title=The Appleseed Cast Mare Vitalis|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/appleseed_cast-mare_vitalis|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=Exclaim!}} Willamette Week called Mare Vitalis the band's "most essential album," writing that "[singer-guitarist Chris] Crisci and guitarist Aaron Pillar split the difference between their post-rock future and the driving punk that birthed the band."{{cite web|last=Cottell|first=Pete|date=November 1, 2016|title=A Guide to the Appleseed CastDiscography|url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2016/11/01/a-guide-to-the-appleseed-cast-discography/|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=Willamette Week}} The Chicago Reader thought that "on 'And Nothing Less' and 'Santa Maria' the Appleseed Cast find nirvana through repetition."{{cite web|last=Kenny|first=Heather|date=September 23, 2009|title=Appleseed Cast, Adjy, Annabel, Coaster|url=https://chicagoreader.com/blogs/event-alert-shorty-clothing-and-gen-art/|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=Chicago Reader}} Vulture deemed it "oceanic indie rock." Stereogum named "Forever Longing the Golden Sunsets" in their list of "30 Emo Songs: Late 90s & Early 2000s Essentials."{{cite web|last=Fallon|first=Patric|date=July 22, 2014|title=30 Emo Songs: Late 90s & Early 2000s Essentials|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1685920/30-essential-songs-from-the-golden-era-of-emo/lists/|access-date=May 15, 2023|website=Stereogum}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline =

| total_length =

| title1 = The Immortal Soul of Mundo Cani

| length1 = 2:10

| title2 = Fishing the Sky

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Forever Longing the Golden Sunsets

| length3 = 4:42

| title4 = Mare Mortis

| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = Santa Maria

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Secret

| length6 = 4:35

| title7 = ...And Nothing Less

| length7 = 4:51

| title8 = Poseidon

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Kilgore Trout

| length9 = 2:53

| title10 = Storms

| length10 = 7:36

| title11 = Untitled (Bonus Track)

| note11 = CD & vinyl only

| length11 = 12:16

}}

References

External links

[http://www.deepelm.com/386/ Mare Vitalis] at Deep Elm Records

Category:2000 albums

Category:The Appleseed Cast albums

Category:Albums produced by Ed Rose