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My Morning Jacket Explores Cosmic Frontiers on Z: Rolling Stone Ranks the John Leckie-Produced Effort as One of the 500 Greatest Albums of All TimeExperience the 2005 Record in Audiophile Sound: Mobile Fidelity's Hybrid SACD Is Strictly Limited to 2,500 Numbered Copies and Includes the Bonus Track 'Where to Begin'NUMBERED LIMITED EDITIONMy Morning Jacket found itself at a career crossroads as it prepared to create the record that became it's breakthrough. Two members had amicably departed on a prior tour, and their replacements were settling into the group's chemistry. The Kentucky ensemble also felt a desire to change up the approaches that served it well on it's first three LPs. Getting out of that comfort zone, making good use of the recent recruits, and inviting a professional producer into the fold paid immense dividends in the form of the critically revered Z.Sourced from the original master tapes, housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging, and strictly limited to 2,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD of Z presents the 2005 effort ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in audiophile-grade sound for the first time on disc. John Leckie's outstanding production, which washes the music with organic warmth and cosmic textures, emerges with previously unheard openness, presence, dynamics, and grandness. You'll hear the subtle nuances and smooth falsetto of Jim James' voice; liveliness of the studio dimensions; atmospheric flourishes of the effects pedals; wet splash and big pounce of the percussion; and the seemingly infinite tonality of the guitars like never before. 'Listen, listen,' James enthusiastically instructs on 'Gideon.' Fantastic advice for an album that never repeats itself or grows stale.Numbered Hybrid Stereo SACDLIMITED EDITION OF 2,500Track List1. Wordless Chorus2. It Beats 4 U3. Gideon4. What a Wonderful Man5. Off the Record6. Into the Woods7. Anytime8. Laylow9. Knot Comes Loose10. Dondante11. Where to Begin