Standards (Tortoise album)
| Standards | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | February 20, 2001 (2001年02月20日) |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Studio | Soma Electronic Music Studio, Chicago |
| Genre | |
| Length | 44:18 |
| Label | Thrill Jockey |
| Producer | John McEntire [1] |
| Tortoise chronology | |
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| NME | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 9.2/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Spin | 7/10[9] |
Standards is the fourth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise.[10] [11] It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2001.[12]
Production
[edit ]The album was produced using less of the studio manipulation that had been employed on previous records.[13]
Critical reception
[edit ]The A.V. Club wrote that "the band is poised between capturing a momentary, malleable inspiration and shaping that moment into some timeless anthem, and as always, it chooses to dither and delay, settling for a sometimes pleasant, sometimes maddening, almost always stimulating exploration of atmospherics."[14] Entertainment Weekly called the album "mood music for post-post-moderns, both forward- and backward-looking."[5] Spin deemed it "a cohesion of styles and impulses so tight we might call it originality."[9] The New Zealand Herald called Standards "a neatly intriguing, mish-mash of instrumental rock shot through with lopsided grooves, dreamy drones, not-quite-jazz percussion and vibes, and knob-twiddling electronica rubbing up against a junk-store of old instruments - all of which somehow emerges as an accessible, tuneful, structured affair."[15]
Track listing
[edit ]All tracks are written by Tortoise
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Seneca" | 6:20 |
| 2. | "Eros" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Benway" | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Firefly" | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Six Pack" | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Eden 2" | 2:08 |
| 7. | "Monica" | 6:30 |
| 8. | "Blackjack" | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Eden 1" | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Speakeasy" | 6:18 |
| Total length: | 44:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Blackbird" | 5:04 |
| 12. | "Blue Station" | 5:37 |
Personnel
[edit ]- Jeff Parker - guitar, bass
- Dan Bitney - bass, guitar, percussion, vibes, marimba, keyboards, baritone saxophone
- Douglas McCombs - bass, bass 6, guitar, lap steel
- John Herndon - drums, vibes, keyboards, sequencing
- John McEntire - drums, modular synthesizer, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keyboards
Charts
[edit ]| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 95 |
| US Billboard 200 [18] | 200 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard )[19] | 10 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Tortoise Standards". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "Standards by Tortoise". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Bush, John. "Standards - Tortoise". AllMusic . Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 221.
- ^ a b "Album Review: 'Standards'". EW.com.
- ^ "Tortoise : Standards | NME". NME . September 12, 2005.
- ^ LeMay, Matt (February 20, 2011). "Tortoise: Standards". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ "Tortoise: Standards : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . February 5, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010年02月05日.
- ^ a b "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. April 9, 2001 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tortoise | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (February 9, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tortoise". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Kot, Greg (25 February 2001). "TortoiseStandards (Thrill Jockey)Last year, Tortoise served as..." chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "Tortoise: Standards". Music. 19 April 2002.
- ^ "Tortoise: Standards". NZ Herald.
- ^ "Standards | Tortoise". Bandcamp . Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "Tortoise". Official Charts Company . Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Tortoise - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ "Tortoise - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard . Retrieved April 9, 2017.