El Tren Fantasma
by Chris Watson
  • Record Label: Touch
  • Release Date: Oct 25, 2011
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. PopMatters
    Jan 4, 2012
    90
    Brilliantly textured, brilliantly sensitive, unrepeatable by its very nature-this is a great example of a sound recordist's art.
  2. AllMusic
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    An enticing listen.
  3. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    Watson packaged up the month that he spent riding the train, using his original recordings, adding his own narration, throwing in some interviews, and creating something magical.
  5. The Quietus
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    An evocative sonic portrait that juxtaposes the human-made sounds of the railway and the surrounding landscape.
  6. BBC Music
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    Watson's ability to create whole worlds, entire lifetimes in the listener's imagination, beyond the moment of recording, comes to the fore.
  7. Q Magazine
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    Utterly mesmerizing, psychedelic document of the random music made by machines and nature. [Jan. 2012 p. 127]
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  8. The Wire
    Jan 23, 2012
    70
    A powerful and evocative sound journey. [Jan. 2012, p.64]
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  9. Dusted Magazine
    Jan 13, 2012
    70
    Watson captures (or enhances) sounds in three dimensions, and the way he arranges them invites both immersion and reflection.

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#69 Best Album of 2011

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