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Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey/Touch And Go
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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| Mamma I guess I just found my match I'd line here in the dark I had a face gone station coming alive ... I am not afraid to die Born 1961 just like... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 18 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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Not only is it the most acoustically enthralling album they've released, it's also without a doubt the most playful, dynamic, and anthemic post-rock album that has been released to date.
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The WireIf you value surehandedness, richness, immaculate timing and the occasional tilted eyebrow then there's a lot to enjoy on Tortoise's most assured set to date. [#204, p.65]
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Throughout Standards, Tortoise takes the listener on mini-journeys into sound that alternately shimmer, contort, seduce, and confound...
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UrbSo even as Tortoise integrate guitar surrealism and edgier motifs into their palette, they also progress their unique relationship to electronic music and hip-hop. [#82, p.139]
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More tightly structured than their last outing TNT, this has enough dizzy polyrhythms and craziness for the free jazzers but is chock full of tunes, good humour and a certain grooviness
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What finally rescues this album from the graveyard of cerebral noodling is rhythm.
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MagnetTortoise makes like Herbie Hancock wandering through the '80s, all lost at the jazz-fusion supermarket. [#49, p.95]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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EdHNov 9, 2006
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DantorD.Nov 23, 2001
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