Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sheath received an average score of 73% based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and called Mark Bell "the most imaginative producer in British techno."[4] Dominique Leone of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, writing, "Bell's strength seems to reside in his softer sides that fools me into thinking his more extroverted outings are lacking."[10]
Paul Sullivan of BBC wrote, "the album manages to re-capture some of the original pioneering spirit that made Frequencies such a tour-de-force."[6] Joshua Klein of Billboard said, "The drum machines sound delightfully (if deceptively) rinky-dink, and the absence of vocalists keeps the focus on the beats and occasionally cacophonous sonic clutter."[7]
Track listing
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1. | "Blown" | 6:02 |
2. | "Mum-Man" | 3:40 |
3. | "Mokeylips" | 4:02 |
4. | "Snot" | 2:55 |
5. | "Moistly" | 4:12 |
6. | "Unafraid to Linger" | 4:35 |
7. | "Sleepy Chicken" | 3:58 |
8. | "Freak" | 4:13 |
9. | "Mummy, I've Had an Accident..." | 5:02 |
10. | "Nevertheless" | 3:50 |
11. | "Premacy" | 3:22 |
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12. | "Millionaire Dogs" | 1:53 |
13. | "Butterslut" | 5:00 |
References
- ↑ "Sheath". Warp. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ↑ "Freak". Warp. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Sheath by LFO". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Bush, John. "Sheath - LFO". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ LFO executes these retro moves with flamboyance and subtlety, so we can forgive Bell his derivativeness. [Nov 2003, p.118]
- 1 2 Sullivan, Paul (2003). "LFO - Sheath - Review". BBC. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Klein, Joshua (3 September 2003). "LFO, "Sheath"". Billboard. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Some of it hisses and gurgles like early Future Sound Of London. [Oct 2003, p.118]
- ↑ Reynolds, Simon (21 September 2003). "LFO, Sheath". The Observer. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Leone, Dominique (12 November 2003). "LFO: Sheath". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Moffat, Iain (18 September 2003). "LFO: Sheath (2003)". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Bell has an instinctive feel for sound but, as Freak's teeth-grinding acid house nostalgia underlines, he won't find a new audience with this. [Oct 2003, p.108]
- ↑ D'Cruz, Matt (2 October 2003). "LFO - Sheath". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 28 September 2003 - 04 October 2003". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2018.