Go Plastic
| Go Plastic | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 25 June 2001 (2001年06月25日)[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 48:39 |
| Label | Warp |
| Producer | Tom Jenkinson |
| Squarepusher chronology | |
| Singles from Go Plastic | |
| |
Go Plastic is the fifth studio album by British electronic musician Tom Jenkinson, under the alias of Squarepusher. It was released through Warp Records on 25 June 2001.[1] It peaked at number 100 on the UK Albums Chart.[3]
Production
[edit ]Unlike many of his earlier albums such as Hard Normal Daddy and Music Is Rotted One Note , which often prominently featured live instrumentation (particularly drums and bass guitar), the sound palette on Go Plastic is almost exclusively synthetic, with an emphasis on high-velocity breakbeats subjected to extensive manipulation and granular effects. In a contemporaneous interview, Squarepusher claimed to be "fed up" with real instruments, wanting everything "brutal and digital."[4]
Despite this, Squarepusher claims that the album was not produced using a computer, but rather by utilizing a range of hardware including the Eventide DSP4000 and Eventide Orville digital effects processors, Yamaha QY700 sequencers, Yamaha TX81Z and FS1R synthesizers, and an Akai S6000 sampler.[5] [6]
Release
[edit ]Go Plastic was released by Warp Records on 25 June 2001. It was released on both CD and 2xLP.
Reception
[edit ]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [8] |
| Hot Press | favorable[9] |
| LA Weekly | favorable[10] |
| NME | 9/10[11] |
| Pitchfork | 5.1/10[12] |
| Playlouder | [13] |
| PopMatters | favorable[14] |
| Rolling Stone | [15] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [16] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Go Plastic received an average score of 70, based on 17 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[7]
In 2015, Exclaim placed it at number 2 on its list of "an essential guide to Squarepusher".[17]
Track listing
[edit ]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Red Hot Car" | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Boneville Occident" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Go! Spastic" | 6:21 |
| 4. | "Metteng Excuske v1.2" | 1:08 |
| 5. | "The Exploding Psychology" | 6:43 |
| 6. | "I Wish You Could Talk" | 4:53 |
| 7. | "Greenways Trajectory" | 7:10 |
| 8. | "Tommib" | 1:19 |
| 9. | "My Fucking Sound" | 7:05 |
| 10. | "Plaistow Flex Out" | 4:28 |
| Total length: | 48:21 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Hardcore Obelisk" | 5:24 |
Charts
[edit ]| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart (OCC)[3] | 100 |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Go Plastic". Warp . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "My Red Hot Car". Warp . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Squarepusher". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ TechTV interview 2001 on YouTube
- ^ Rockin' On Magazine (Japan) interview 2004
- ^ "Squarepusher Interview – Brutal Sound". MusicTech. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Go Plastic by Squarepusher". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Bush, John. "Go Plastic - Squarepusher". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Sweeney, Eamon (7 June 2001). "Go Plastic". Hot Press . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Osbaum, Stacy (25 July 2001). "Squarepusher". LA Weekly . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (21 June 2001). "Squarepusher : Go Plastic". NME . Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Schreiber, Ryan (26 June 2001). "Squarepusher: Go Plastic". Pitchfork . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Alphabet, Adam (9 July 2001). "Go Plastic". Playlouder . Archived from the original on 2 August 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Koba, Kirsten (9 July 2001). "Squarepusher: Go Plastic". PopMatters . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Blashill, Pat (30 August 2001). "Squarepusher, Go Plastic". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 5 May 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Hoard, Christian David; Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 773. ISBN 9780743201698 . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Keating, Daryl (13 May 2015). "An Essential Guide to Squarepusher". Exclaim! . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
External links
[edit ]- Go Plastic at Discogs (list of releases)
- Go Plastic at MusicBrainz (list of releases)