Venice (album)

Venice
Studio album by Fennesz
Released	23 March 2004
Recorded	July 2003 / January–February 2004
Studio	Venice / Amann Studios, Vienna
Genre	Ambient, glitch
Length	49:06
Label	Touch
Fennesz chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	favorable^[3]
BBC Music	favorable^[4]
Pitchfork	8.6/10^[5]
PopMatters	favorable^[6]
Stylus Magazine	B+^[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[8]

Venice is a studio album by Fennesz, released in 2004 on Touch. A 10th anniversary edition was released in 2014, adding one track ("The Future Will Be Different") to the beginning and another track ("Tree") to the end of the track listing.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Venice received an average score of 82% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[1]

Pitchfork named it the 21st best album of 2004.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rivers of Sand"	4:42
2.	"Château Rouge"	6:40
3.	"City of Light"	6:34
4.	"Onsra"	0:20
5.	"Circassian"	5:49
6.	"Onsay"	1:08
7.	"The Other Face"	3:25
8.	"Transit"	4:59
9.	"The Point of It All"	5:01
10.	"Laguna"	2:56
11.	"Asusu"	0:55
12.	"The Stone of Impermanence"	6:37
Total length:		49:06

2014 Reissue
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Future Will Be Different"	1:15
2.	"Rivers of Sand"	4:42
3.	"Château Rouge"	6:40
4.	"City of Light"	6:34
5.	"Onsra"	0:20
6.	"Circassian"	5:49
7.	"Onsay"	1:08
8.	"The Other Face"	3:25
9.	"Transit"	4:59
10.	"The Point of It All"	5:01
11.	"Laguna"	2:56
12.	"Asusu"	0:55
13.	"The Stone of Impermanence"	6:37
14.	"Tree"	3:22
Total length:		53:43

Personnel

Christian Fennesz – guitar, production
Burkhard Stangl – guitar (on "Circassian" and "Laguna")
David Sylvian – lyrics and voice (on "Transit")

References

1 2 "Venice by Fennesz". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Couture, François. "Venice – Fennesz". AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Battaglia, Andy (April 12, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Buttimer, Colin (2004). "Fennesz – Venice – Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Richardson, Mark (March 31, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Toenes, Chris (April 26, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". PopMatters. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Southall, Nick (March 22, 2004). "Fennesz – Venice". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Jean-Pierre. "Fennesz – Venice". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2004 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

External links

Venice at Discogs (list of releases)

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[metacritic-1] 1 2 "Venice by Fennesz". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[2] Couture, François. "Venice – Fennesz". AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Battaglia, Andy (April 12, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] Buttimer, Colin (2004). "Fennesz – Venice – Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] Richardson, Mark (March 31, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[6] Toenes, Chris (April 26, 2004). "Fennesz: Venice". PopMatters. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[7] Southall, Nick (March 22, 2004). "Fennesz – Venice". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[8] Jean-Pierre. "Fennesz – Venice". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[9] "Top 50 Albums of 2004 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2017.