Tortoise (album)
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Studio album by Tortoise | ||||
Released | June 22, 1994 | |||
Recorded | November 29–December 5, 1993 | |||
Genre | Post-rock | |||
Length | 50:03 | |||
Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
Producer | Tortoise | |||
Tortoise chronology | ||||
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Tortoise is the debut studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on June 22, 1994 on the Thrill Jockey record label.
By March 1998, Tortoise had sold 35,000 copies (8,000 LPs and 27,000 CDs).[1]
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Chicago Tribune | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Melody Maker | |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Uncut |
In his review for AllMusic, Glenn Swan writes that Tortoise "share equal responsibility and trust in each other, pouring out a thick stew of meditative grooves, light production experiments, and rusty guitar-string ambience -- the likes of which have rarely sounded so approachable, but this is not to say the album is a sellout leap into commercialism. There are a couple head scratchers and murky moments that fail to make much of an impact, but the quintet have spun such a rich web of mood and personality that any fall from grace barely changes altitude".[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Tortoise (Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire).
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Magnet Pulls Through" | 4:37 |
2. | "Night Air" | 3:50 |
3. | "Ry Cooder" | 7:04 |
4. | "Onions Wrapped in Rubber" | 6:40 |
5. | "Tin Cans & Twine" | 4:20 |
6. | "Spiderwebbed" | 8:33 |
7. | "His Second Story Island" | 2:41 |
8. | "On Noble" | 4:05 |
9. | "Flyrod" | 3:29 |
10. | "Cornpone Brunch" | 4:44 |
Total length: | 50:03 |
Personnel
Credits for Tortoise adapted from album liner notes.[8]
Tortoise
- Dan Bitney
- Bundy K. Brown
- John Herndon
- Douglas McCombs
- John McEntire
Production
- Bundy K. Brown – recording (assistant), mixing (assistant)
- John McEntire – recording, mixing
- Tortoise – arrangement, production
Artwork and design
- Sam Prekop – cover design
References
- ↑ Morris, Chris (March 7, 1998). "Thrill Jockey's Tortoise Finds Experimentation Instrumental". Billboard. 110 (10): 14. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- 1 2 Swann, Glenn. "Tortoise – Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (June 30, 1994). "Tortoise: Tortoise (Thrill Jockey)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ↑ "Tortoise: Tortoise". Melody Maker: 46. May 16, 2000.
- ↑ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Tortoise". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 819–20. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ "Tortoise: Tortoise". Uncut (64). September 2002.
- ↑ Tortoise (liner notes). Tortoise. Thrill Jockey. 1994. Thrill 013.