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Pause
Universal acclaim
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Album Info
Label: Domino
Release Date: 02 October 2001
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Electronic
Summary
The second Four Tet album from producer Kieran Hebden (who is also in the band Fridge), 'Pause' is a dense, eclectic collection of a variety of electronic and live instrumentation and found sounds.
Also By This Artist: Everything Ecstatic Ringer Rounds
Also On Metacritic
MUSIC: Fridge: The Sun Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 1 Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 2 Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: Tongues
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
PopMatters
Pound for pound, the songs of Pause are far more interesting and multi-layered than most of your general ambient music available on the shelves today.... A mesmerizing work.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
A far more sonically ambitious statement than its predecessors, perfectly fusing organic sounds with production techniques that are usually the preserve of underground dance producers or R&B mavericks.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
It is its author Kieran Hebden's best work to date and confirms the prolific young soundmeister as a major talent.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
This is an album that seems to effortlessly evoke the kind of lazy summer days that everyone claims only ever happened when they were kids.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
When measured against Four Tet's prior output, this latest effort does come as something of a disappointment; but by most other yardsticks, it's downright brilliant.
Read Full Review >Playlouder
There's a rural beauty, crafted by man and machine, in places as exotic as an orchid.
Read Full Review >Resonance
A strange and delightful record full of surprises. [#32, p.56]
All Music Guide
Organic as dirt, and full of an acidhead's sense of space, this one's a winner from start to finish.
Read Full Review >Almost Cool
You could take this release and pair it up with Boards Of Canada's In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country for a back-to-back hit of sunny, frolic-in-a-sunny-field goodness.
Read Full Review >Sonicnet
Without resorting to sappy new age or yuppie lounge cliches, Hebden has created a blissed-out ambient album for the post-rave generation.
Read Full Review >Urb
An utterly modern, far-out reverie of an album. The whole thing works like a charm. [Oct 2001, p.128]
Splendid
It's a good-natured and engaging mix of subtle sample manipulation, music concrete, downtempo dance beats and pop experiments.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Hebden has a rare ability to make his delicate instrumentals engaging and unpretentious.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jon Frisk C gave it a10:
Fantastic
jason h gave it a10:
A one-man mission to bring folk music kicking and screaming into the 21st century...slips effortlessly between genres, adding hip-hop and R'n'B to an already potent mix of influence... has the ability to create exquisite soundscapes that are also moving expressions of human emotion.
Gordon K gave it a 9:
A must have Album for all Electronica lovers. Less jazzy and more eclectic than his previous releases but with the same stunning production. Clearly influenced by the likes of Eno, Reich & Susumo Yokota as well as Big Beat, Jazz and Psychedelia, the album remains amazingly seemless and complete. Catch him live if you can.
Mike R gave it a 9:
This is one of the most COMPLETE albums I've heard in a while. Both moody and upbeat at times, this album does a wonderful job of spanning the emotional spectrum. It's a very reflective collection of tunes and is very, very easy to listen from beginning to end.
