2001 studio album by Tortoise
Standards is the fourth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise.[10][11] It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2001.[12]
Production
The album was produced using less of the studio manipulation that had been employed on previous records.[13]
Critical reception
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
Personnel
Sourced from Bandcamp.[16]
Tortoise
- 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
References
- ^ "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 2010-02-05.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Standards at Discogs (list of releases)