Spanners (album)

Spanners
Studio album by The Black Dog
Released 16 January 1995 (1995-01-16)
Studio Black Dog Towers
Genre IDM
Length 76:10
Label Warp Records
The Black Dog chronology
Temple of Transparent Balls
(1993)Temple of Transparent Balls1993		 Spanners
(1995)		 Parallel
(1996)Parallel1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
CMJ New Music Monthlyfavorable[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]

Spanners is a studio album by The Black Dog, which then consisted of Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner.[4] It was released via Warp Records on 16 January 1995.[5] It peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the album 5 stars out of 5, saying, "The highlights are many, most often achieving a solid combination of dancefloor friendliness and unexpected sonic trickery."[1] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of B+, describing it as "a series of antiseptic, hypnosis-inducing machine burbles, but with just the right amount of jarring elements to keep listeners awake."[3] Shana Ting Lipton of CMJ New Music Monthly called it "an epic journey through life in the modern world."[2]

In 2017, it ranked at number 42 on Pitchfork's "50 Best IDM Albums of All Time" list.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner.

No.TitleLength
1."Raxmus"3:03
2."Bolt 1"0:27
3."Barbola Work"6:42
4."Bolt 2"0:27
5."Psil-Cosyin"10:32
6."Chase the Manhattan"5:42
7."Bolt 3"1:36
8."Tahr"3:08
9."Bolt 4"1:06
10."Further Harm"6:18
11."Nommo"6:53
12."Bolt 5"0:22
13."Pot Noddle"7:13
14."Bolt 6"0:42
15."End of Time"3:44
16."Utopian Dream"6:00
17."Bolt 7"0:17
18."Frisbee Skip"5:25
19."Chesh"6:03
Total length:76:10

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 30

References

  1. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Spanners - The Black Dog". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 Lipton, Shana Ting (June 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly: 28.
  3. 1 2 Browne, David (2 June 1995). "Spanners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time (1/5)". Pitchfork. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Spanners". Warp Records. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Black Dog". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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