Tortoise (album)
Tortoise | ||||
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Studio album by Tortoise | ||||
Released | June 22, 1994 | |||
Recorded | November 29–December 5, 1993 | |||
Genre | Post-rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 50:03 | |||
Label | Thrill Jockey THRILL013 | |||
Tortoise chronology | ||||
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Tortoise is the eponymous debut studio album by Chicago-based instrumental rock band Tortoise. It was released in 1994 on the Thrill Jockey record label.
The album is dedicated to the memory Michael F. Cergizan, who was a member of bassist Doug McCombs', and John Herndon's (both current members of Tortoise) band "Simple." in 1988.
The song "Cornpone Brunch" begins with a sample of the "Wonderful Radio Jingle" at the beginning of The Who Sell Out.
Reception
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Allmusic | [1] |
In his review for Allmusic, Glenn Swan states "Here, multi-instrumentalists John McEntire, Dan Bitney, John Herdon, Douglas McCombs, and Bundy K. Brown 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".[1]
Track listing
- "Magnet Pulls Through" – 4:37
- "Night Air" – 3:50
- "Ry Cooder" – 7:04
- "Onions Wrapped in Rubber" – 6:40
- "Tin Cans & Twine" – 4:20
- "Spiderwebbed" – 8:33
- "His Second Story Island" – 2:41
- "On Noble" – 4:05
- "Flyrod" – 3:29
- "Cornpone Brunch" – 4:44
References
- 1 2 Swand, Glenn. Tortoise – Tortoise> Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2014.