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'''''Since I Left You''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by Australian [[electronic music]] group [[ | '''''Since I Left You''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by Australian [[electronic music]] group [[The Avalanches]], released on 27 November 2000 by [[Modular Recordings]]. It was produced by group members Robbie Chater and [[Darren Seltmann]] (under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler), and [[Sampling (music)|samples]] extensively from various genres. The album was recorded and produced at two separate, near-identical studios by Chater and Seltmann, exchanging audio mixes of records they sampled. | ||
After the album's positive reception in Australia, the duo considered an international release – its date was held back until 2001 in the United Kingdom and North America and appeared in slightly altered forms. The delay and changes occurred so that the group could obtain permission to use the samples or use replacements. Four singles were released from the album: "[[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]]", "[[Frontier Psychiatrist]]", "[[Since I Left You (song)|Since I Left You]]", and "Radio". The group promoted the album by organising headlining tours in Australia, Europe and the United States. | After the album's positive reception in Australia, the duo considered an international release – its date was held back until 2001 in the United Kingdom and North America and appeared in slightly altered forms. The delay and changes occurred so that the group could obtain permission to use the samples or use replacements. Four singles were released from the album: "[[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]]", "[[Frontier Psychiatrist]]", "[[Since I Left You (song)|Since I Left You]]", and "Radio". The group promoted the album by organising headlining tours in Australia, Europe and the United States. | ||
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}}</ref><ref name="emi">{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/avalanches_profile.html|website=[[EMI]]|title=Artist Profile – Avalanches|access-date=25 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124223703/http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/avalanches_profile.html|archive-date=24 November 2008 }}</ref> Group members Darren Seltmann and Robbie Chater spent hours sampling music from vinyl records to create the songs on the album: Chater has estimated that there are over 3,500 samples that were used overall although some estimate the number to be much lower, roughly 900.<ref name="sos" /><ref name="pfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5844-top-20-albums-of-2001/ |work=Pitchfork |last=LeMay |first=Matt |date=1 January 2002 |access-date=26 September 2009 |title=Top 20 Albums of 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922020129/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5844-top-20-albums-of-2001/ |archive-date=22 September 2009 }}</ref> After sampling and arranging, the pair would swap their tapes, listen to each other's ideas, and expand on whatever they had heard. Despite working separately, both Chater and Seltmann had nearly identical studio set-ups.<ref name="sos" /> | |||
}}</ref><ref name="emi">{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/avalanches_profile.html| | |||
Initially, Seltmann and Chater were not planning for an international release. They were not concerned with copyright restrictions and so did not keep a list of which tracks were being sampled. According to Chater they "were really unorganised and were just sampling on the fly as tracks progressed ... We had no idea the record would get such a wide-scale release so we saw no need to keep track of what we were using – we were definitely guilty of harbouring a 'No-one's going to listen to it anyway' sort of attitude."<ref name="sos" /> The sources span many different styles of music, sampling artists such as [[Françoise Hardy]], [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]], [[Sérgio Mendes]], [[Raekwon]], [[Wayne and Shuster]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].<ref name="albumNotes">{{cite AV media notes | Initially, Seltmann and Chater were not planning for an international release. They were not concerned with copyright restrictions and so did not keep a list of which tracks were being sampled. According to Chater they "were really unorganised and were just sampling on the fly as tracks progressed ... We had no idea the record would get such a wide-scale release so we saw no need to keep track of what we were using – we were definitely guilty of harbouring a 'No-one's going to listen to it anyway' sort of attitude."<ref name="sos" /> The sources span many different styles of music, sampling artists such as [[Françoise Hardy]], [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]], [[Sérgio Mendes]], [[Raekwon]], [[Wayne and Shuster]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].<ref name="albumNotes">{{cite AV media notes | ||
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| publisher = [[Sire Records|Sire]] / [[Modular Recordings|Modular]] | | publisher = [[Sire Records|Sire]] / [[Modular Recordings|Modular]] | ||
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}}</ref> Seltmann felt that "[t]he more rejected and unwanted the record that a sample comes from, the more appealing it is, I guess it's almost a reaction to rare record finding, but occasionally things like 'Holiday' come up".<ref name="sos" /> He described how making sample tapes for each other created some samples which were intended as "funny samples" that they had no original intention to get clearance for. In particular, Madonna's song " | }}</ref> Seltmann felt that "[t]he more rejected and unwanted the record that a sample comes from, the more appealing it is, I guess it's almost a reaction to rare record finding, but occasionally things like '[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]' come up".<ref name="sos" /> He described how making sample tapes for each other created some samples which were intended as "funny samples" that they had no original intention to get clearance for. In particular, Madonna's song "Holiday" was "one of those where we put something together, ended it with "Holiday" and all had a big laugh. It ended up where we couldn't live without it so I guess we just had to make that one work".<ref name="sos" /> Later, Seltmann and Chater had a few problems when trying to clear all the samples. One sample that had to be removed was from [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] in the intro that featured harps and girls singing.<ref name="sos"/><ref name="tiscali">{{cite web | ||
|title=Avalanches Interview | |title=Avalanches Interview | ||
|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/interviews/avalanches.html | |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/interviews/avalanches.html | ||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606154419/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/music/interviews/avalanches.html | |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606154419/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/music/interviews/avalanches.html | ||
|year=2002 | |year=2002 | ||
| | |website=[[Tiscali]] | ||
|archive-date=6 June 2012 | |archive-date=6 June 2012 | ||
|access-date=25 September 2009 | |access-date=25 September 2009 | ||
}}</ref> After checking clearances, "[t]he album is slightly different to its original form in that it had a whole new introduction, which apparently was really recognisable, so we had to take that off straight away".<ref name="sos" /> The Avalanches worked with sample-clearance expert [[Pat Shannahan]] to clear the thousands of samples in the record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/08/pat-the-detective-shannahan-interview|title=Red Bull Music Academy Daily|website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> The group played their songs to flatmates to get input on which tracks were worth including on the album.<ref name="triplej-interview" /> "[[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]]" was the first song the group felt that worked; it was a last-minute addition to the album as The Avalanches felt the song "still sounds good".<ref name="triplej-interview" /> In February 2000, Seltmann (as Dazzler) and Chater (as Bobby C) finished production on the album under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler, and its official title was revealed as ''Since I Left You'' in March 2000.<ref name="emi" /> | |||
}}</ref> After checking clearances, "[t]he album is slightly different to its original form in that it had a whole new introduction, which apparently was really recognisable, so we had to take that off straight away".<ref name="sos" /> The Avalanches worked with sample-clearance expert [[Pat Shannahan]] to clear the thousands of samples in the record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/08/pat-the-detective-shannahan-interview|title=Red Bull Music Academy Daily|website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> The group played their songs to flatmates to get input on which tracks were worth including on the album.<ref name="triplej-interview" /> "[[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]]" was the first song the group felt that worked; it was a last-minute addition to the album as | |||
==Style and themes== | ==Style and themes== | ||
''Since I Left You'' was originally developed to be a [[concept album]]. Chater described its initial theme as a love story, "an international search for love from country to country. The idea of a guy following a girl around the world and always being one port behind. And that was just because we had all these records from all over the world, and we'd like to use all that stuff."<ref name="pfInterview">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231062424/http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5833-the-avalanches/ |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5833-the-avalanches/ |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=LeMay |first=Matt |date=1 November 2001 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-date=31 December 2011 |title=Interview: The Avalanches | ''Since I Left You'' was originally developed to be a [[concept album]]. Chater described its initial theme as a love story, "an international search for love from country to country. The idea of a guy following a girl around the world and always being one port behind. And that was just because we had all these records from all over the world, and we'd like to use all that stuff."<ref name="pfInterview">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231062424/http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5833-the-avalanches/ |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5833-the-avalanches/ |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=LeMay |first=Matt |date=1 November 2001 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-date=31 December 2011 |title=Interview: The Avalanches }}</ref> The concept album idea was abandoned when the group felt they should not make their themes too obvious.<ref name="pfInterview" /> The album's sound was in response to dance music at that time, that Chater felt was "about big drums, big production: think of a record like the [[Chemical Brothers]] "[[Block Rockin' Beats]]", with those amazing drums, and how huge those records sounded".<ref name="triplej-interview">{{cite journal |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/mag/blogs/s3274884.htm |last=Clode |first=Samantha |journal=[[Triple J|Triple J Magazine]] |title=The Avalanches Extended Interview |issue=53 |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108060244/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/mag/blogs/s3274884.htm |archive-date=8 January 2013}}</ref> The Avalanches felt their early music could not compare to that sound and desired a recording with less bass that was influenced by 1960s music such as [[the Beach Boys]] and [[Phil Spector]].<ref name="triplej-interview" /> | ||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||
[[File:The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln.jpg|thumb|''The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln'' by [[Frederick Dana Marsh]]]] [[File:Since I Left You.jpg|thumb|The excerpt of ''The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln'' used by the cover of ''Since I Left You'' | [[File:The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln.jpg|thumb|''The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln'' by [[Frederick Dana Marsh]]]] [[File:Since I Left You.jpg|thumb|The excerpt of ''The Sinking of the USS President Lincoln'' used by the cover of ''Since I Left You'' (the lower-right of the painting, cropped and flipped horizontally)]] | ||
When ''Since I Left You'' was being recorded, | When ''Since I Left You'' was being recorded, The Avalanches had trouble choosing songs to be released as singles, finding them not sounding as good outside the context of the album.<ref name="pfInterview" /> On 13 September 1999, they issued "[[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]]" as a four-track [[12-inch single|12" vinyl single]] in Australia (on [[Modular Recordings]]) and as a two-track [[Single (music)|7" vinyl single]] in the United Kingdom (on Rex Records).<ref name="discography">{{cite web|url=http://www.theavalanches.com/discography.html|access-date=9 March 2010|title=Discography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820034309/http://www.theavalanches.com/discography.html|website=The Avalanches Official Website|archive-date=20 August 2008 }}</ref><ref name="emi" /><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r592342|pure_url=yes}} |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=25 September 2009 |title=Electricity <nowiki>[Australia]</nowiki> – The Avalanches}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r592343|pure_url=yes}} |website=AllMusic|access-date=25 September 2009 |title=Electricity <nowiki>[UK 7"]</nowiki> – The Avalanches}}</ref> Chater felt that Modular was very patient with the group releasing the record.<ref name="triplej-interview" /> On 21 August 2000, "[[Frontier Psychiatrist]]" was released as the second single from the album by Modular in Australia in both a four-track and two-track version.<ref name="discography" /> The initial release date for ''Since I Left You'' was going to be 11 September; however, it was delayed due to issues with sample clearance. On 27 November, the album was issued in Australia with plans to have a worldwide release in early 2001.<ref name="discography" /><ref name="emi" /> The later release date outside Australia was due to additional sample clearances needed for international markets.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Dance Surges Down Under |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |last2=Eliezer |first2=Christie | pages=1, 90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90 |date=24 November 2001 |access-date=2 January 2012 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> To celebrate the album's release in Melbourne, the group had a boat cruise party through [[Port Phillip|Port Phillip Bay]]. On 5 February 2001, they released the album's [[Since I Left You (song)|title track]] as the third single in Australia, and followed on 23 July with "Radio".<ref name="discography" /><ref name="emi" /> | ||
In April, ''Since I Left You'' was released in the UK through [[XL Recordings]] with the album selling far more copies than the label's original target amount.<ref name="billboard" /> On 28 April, it entered the [[UK Album Charts]], which peaked at number eight and remained in the chart for 25 weeks.<ref name="emi" /><ref name="BritCharts">Warwick, 2004. p.89</ref> In late March, the single "Since I Left You" was issued in the UK and entered the charts at number 16 on 7 April 2001.<ref name="discography" /><ref name="emi" /><ref name="BritCharts" /> On 6 November, ''Since I Left You'' was released in the United States by [[Sire Records]],<ref name=popmatters>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/12506/avalanches-since/ |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |date=5 November 2001 |last=Hsieh |first=Christine |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> and charted on the US [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Electronic Albums]], peaking at number ten, and on the [[Top Heatseekers]] chart, peaking at number 31.<ref name="AMGAlbums">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/awards |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches (Awards) | | In April, ''Since I Left You'' was released in the UK through [[XL Recordings]] with the album selling far more copies than the label's original target amount.<ref name="billboard" /> On 28 April, it entered the [[UK Album Charts]], which peaked at number eight and remained in the chart for 25 weeks.<ref name="emi" /><ref name="BritCharts">Warwick, 2004. p.89</ref> In late March, the single "Since I Left You" was issued in the UK and entered the charts at number 16 on 7 April 2001.<ref name="discography" /><ref name="emi" /><ref name="BritCharts" /> On 6 November, ''Since I Left You'' was released in the United States by [[Sire Records]],<ref name=popmatters>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/12506/avalanches-since/ |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |date=5 November 2001 |last=Hsieh |first=Christine |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> and charted on the US [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Electronic Albums]], peaking at number ten, and on the [[Top Heatseekers]] chart, peaking at number 31.<ref name="AMGAlbums">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/awards |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches (Awards) |website=AllMusic|access-date=25 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713044724/http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/awards |archive-date=13 July 2016 }}</ref> The album artwork features an excerpt of ''Sinking of USS President Lincoln'' by [[Frederick Dana Marsh|Fred Dana Marsh]] (1920).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinking of USS President Lincoln |url=https://www.navsource.net/archives/12/1217999407.jpg |format=JPG |website=NavSource |access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
===Versions=== | ===Versions=== | ||
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In 2000, [[Zomba Records]] released a promo CD of an earlier version of the album containing all original samples and an extra track after "Stay Another Season" titled ''With My Baby'', which released as a B-side to ''Frontier Psychiatrist'' in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Avalanches - The Album (2000, CDr) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2068568-The-Avalanches-The-Album |website=Discogs |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> | In 2000, [[Zomba Records]] released a promo CD of an earlier version of the album containing all original samples and an extra track after "Stay Another Season" titled ''With My Baby'', which released as a B-side to ''Frontier Psychiatrist'' in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Avalanches - The Album (2000, CDr) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2068568-The-Avalanches-The-Album |website=Discogs |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> | ||
For the first international release, multiple samples had to be cut from the original Australian release, including dialogue by [[Robert De Niro]] from the film ''[[Midnight Run]]'', an [[Ennio Morricone]] excerpt, and flute sounds from [[War (American band)|War]]'s "H2 Overture". A version of "Frontier Psychiatrist" with re-recorded vocal lines was also included on a number of releases. A mixtape named ''Gimix'' was sold as tour merch in 2000, designed to combat bootlegged copies of the album which were circulating due to the album's publishing delays. The mixtape contains tracks from ''Since I Left You'', songs sampled on the album, songs with copyright clearance problems, and other favorites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mixes The Avalanches |url=http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html |website=The Avalanches |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905015327/http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html | For the first international release, multiple samples had to be cut from the original Australian release, including dialogue by [[Robert De Niro]] from the film ''[[Midnight Run]]'', an [[Ennio Morricone]] excerpt, and flute sounds from [[War (American band)|War]]'s "H2 Overture". A version of "Frontier Psychiatrist" with re-recorded vocal lines was also included on a number of releases. A mixtape named ''Gimix'' was sold as tour merch in 2000, designed to combat bootlegged copies of the album which were circulating due to the album's publishing delays. The mixtape contains tracks from ''Since I Left You'', songs sampled on the album, songs with copyright clearance problems, and other favorites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mixes The Avalanches |url=http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html |website=The Avalanches |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905015327/http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kellman |first1=Andy |title=Gimix - The Avalanches Songs, Reviews, Credits Allmusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gimix-mw0000984098 |website=AllMusic|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
In July 2011, a deluxe reissue of ''Since I Left You'' was announced that would include the original album as well as a bonus disc containing b-sides, demo tracks and remixes of songs from the original album by artists including [[El Guincho]], [[MF DOOM]], [[Black Dice]], and | In July 2011, a deluxe reissue of ''Since I Left You'' was announced that would include the original album as well as a bonus disc containing b-sides, demo tracks and remixes of songs from the original album by artists including [[El Guincho]], [[MF DOOM]], [[Black Dice]], and The Avalanches themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3264599.htm |website=[[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) |title=Avalanches Since I Left You gets deluxe re-issue |access-date=2 January 2012 |date=8 July 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230223346/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3264599.htm |archive-date=30 December 2011 }}</ref> In 2016, it was announced that a reissue of ''Since I Left You'' would be released on 27 January 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shugarecords.com/products/theavalanches-sinceileftyou-newvinyl2016astralwerkslimitededitionindieexclusivereissuegatefold2-lponbluevinyl-electronicrockplunderphonicsexperimental |title=Shuga Records - The Avalanches - Since I Left You |website=[[Shuga Records]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106103741/https://www.shugarecords.com/products/theavalanches-sinceileftyou-newvinyl2016astralwerkslimitededitionindieexclusivereissuegatefold2-lponbluevinyl-electronicrockplunderphonicsexperimental |archive-date=6 January 2017 }}</ref> in a limited edition of five thousand copies. Fans were allowed to vote on which colour vinyl the album would be pressed on, as well as which record store the album would be sold at.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/69301-the-avalanches-announce-since-i-left-you-reissue-share-new-because-im-me-video-watch/ |title=The Avalanches Announce Since I Left You Reissue, Share New "Because I'm Me" Video: Watch |date=26 October 2016 |website=[[Shuga Records]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106102651/http://pitchfork.com/news/69301-the-avalanches-announce-since-i-left-you-reissue-share-new-because-im-me-video-watch/ |archive-date=6 January 2017 }}</ref> | ||
In December 2017, some retailers listed a 33-track deluxe edition of the album online.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The Avalanches Prep Since I Left You Deluxe Edition |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1974467/the-avalanches-prep-since-i-left-you-deluxe-edition/news/ |website=Stereogum |date=7 December 2017 |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> Later, a finished 4xLP deluxe edition copy made its way into the hands of a collector, who submitted pictures and details about the release to [[Discogs]]. The deluxe edition features alternate artwork and a collection of new remixes from MF DOOM, [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]], [[Leon Vynehall]], Canyons, [[Sinkane]], [[Sun Araw]], Black Dice, and [[Edan (musician)|Edan]] alongside select previously released remixes, and the original demo of Thank You Caroline. In November 2018, the band promised the deluxe edition was "nearly ready".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Avalanches confirm reissue of their classic debut 'Since I Left You' is nearly ready |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/avalanches-confirm-reissue-classic-debut-since-i-left-you-nearly-ready-2397669 |website=NME|date=6 November 2018 |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> In April 2021, the band announced the 20th anniversary edition, consisting of the aforementioned deluxe edition, would be released on June 4. | In December 2017, some retailers listed a 33-track deluxe edition of the album online.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The Avalanches Prep Since I Left You Deluxe Edition |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1974467/the-avalanches-prep-since-i-left-you-deluxe-edition/news/ |website=Stereogum |date=7 December 2017 |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> Later, a finished 4xLP deluxe edition copy made its way into the hands of a collector, who submitted pictures and details about the release to [[Discogs]]. The deluxe edition features alternate artwork and a collection of new remixes from MF DOOM, [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]], [[Leon Vynehall]], Canyons, [[Sinkane]], [[Sun Araw]], Black Dice, and [[Edan (musician)|Edan]] alongside select previously released remixes, and the original demo of Thank You Caroline. In November 2018, the band promised the deluxe edition was "nearly ready".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Avalanches confirm reissue of their classic debut 'Since I Left You' is nearly ready |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/avalanches-confirm-reissue-classic-debut-since-i-left-you-nearly-ready-2397669 |website=NME|date=6 November 2018 |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> In April 2021, the band announced the 20th anniversary edition, consisting of the aforementioned deluxe edition, would be released on June 4. | ||
===Tour=== | ===Tour=== | ||
To promote ''Since I Left You'', | To promote ''Since I Left You'', The Avalanches organised their first Australian head-lining tour in October 2000, planning to head to all the capital cities. All dates on the tour were sold out. In their [[Brisbane]] show, Seltmann broke his leg in an on-stage collision with bass guitarist and singer Tony Di Blasi. From January to February 2001, The Avalanches toured with the [[Big Day Out]] festival in Australia, visiting four capital cities. While on tour in Europe, Seltmann broke his other leg, thereafter the rest of the tour's shows were DJ sets.<ref name="emi" /> The British [[dance music]] magazine ''[[Muzik]]'' awarded The Avalanches as best live act.<ref name="billboard" /> | ||
==Critical reception== | ==Critical reception== | ||
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| MC = 89/100<ref name="metacritic"/> | | MC = 89/100<ref name="metacritic"/> | ||
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | ||
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172 |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches | | | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172 |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 January 2012 |last=Kellman |first=Andy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126065338/http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172 |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref> | ||
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | | rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | ||
| rev2score = 8/10<ref name="AP2002">{{cite journal |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=163 |date=February 2002 |page=74}}</ref> | | rev2score = 8/10<ref name="AP2002">{{cite journal |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=163 |date=February 2002 |page=74}}</ref> | ||
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | ||
| rev3score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/11/09/i-left-you |title=''Since I Left You'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=9 November 2001 |access-date=17 October 2015 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) | | rev3score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/11/09/i-left-you |title=''Since I Left You'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=9 November 2001 |access-date=17 October 2015 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118113402/http://ew.com/article/2001/11/09/i-left-you/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 }}</ref> | ||
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | ||
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Petridis">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/apr/13/shopping2 |title=Sunshine swagger |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=12 April 2001 |access-date=18 July 2013 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509234952/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/apr/13/shopping2 |archive-date=9 May 2014 }}</ref> | | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Petridis">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/apr/13/shopping2 |title=Sunshine swagger |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=12 April 2001 |access-date=18 July 2013 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509234952/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/apr/13/shopping2 |archive-date=9 May 2014 }}</ref> | ||
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | ||
| rev5score = 9/10<ref name=nme>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/avalanches/4828 |title=Avalanches : ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[NME]]|date=16 April 2001 |access-date=15 July 2008 |last=Ward |first=Christian | | rev5score = 9/10<ref name=nme>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/avalanches/4828 |title=Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[NME]]|date=16 April 2001 |access-date=15 July 2008 |last=Ward |first=Christian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228150549/http://www.nme.com/reviews/avalanches/4828 |archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> | ||
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | ||
| rev6score = 9.5/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/385-since-i-left-you/ |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=3 January 2012 |last=LeMay |first=Matt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618093953/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15136-since-i-left-you |archive-date=18 June 2008}}</ref> | | rev6score = 9.5/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/385-since-i-left-you/ |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=3 January 2012 |last=LeMay |first=Matt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618093953/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15136-since-i-left-you |archive-date=18 June 2008}}</ref> | ||
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| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Grundy">{{cite journal |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=176 |date=May 2001}}</ref> | | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Grundy">{{cite journal |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=176 |date=May 2001}}</ref> | ||
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | | rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | ||
| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theavalanches/albums/album/118208/review/5941079/since_i_left_you |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=30 October 2001 |access-date=25 September 2009 |last=Bozza |first=Anthony | | rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theavalanches/albums/album/118208/review/5941079/since_i_left_you |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=30 October 2001 |access-date=25 September 2009 |last=Bozza |first=Anthony |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727160606/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theavalanches/albums/album/118208/review/5941079/since_i_left_you |archive-date=27 July 2008 }}</ref> | ||
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | | rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | ||
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=rsguide>{{cite book |chapter=The Avalanches |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/30 30] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 }}</ref> | | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=rsguide>{{cite book |chapter=The Avalanches |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/30 30] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 }}</ref> | ||
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| rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBJLecfe-rcC&pg=PA126 |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=17 |issue=10 |date=October 2001 |access-date=7 April 2010 |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |pages=126–27 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref> | | rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBJLecfe-rcC&pg=PA126 |title=The Avalanches: ''Since I Left You'' |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=17 |issue=10 |date=October 2001 |access-date=7 April 2010 |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |pages=126–27 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref> | ||
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Seltmann and Chater did not initially think that ''Since I Left You'' would receive much attention.<ref name="sos" /> However, the album garnered widespread critical acclaim from the music industry. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 89, based on 21 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/since-i-left-you/the-avalanches |title=Reviews for ''Since I Left You'' by The Avalanches | | Seltmann and Chater did not initially think that ''Since I Left You'' would receive much attention.<ref name="sos" /> However, the album garnered widespread critical acclaim from the music industry. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 89, based on 21 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/since-i-left-you/the-avalanches |title=Reviews for ''Since I Left You'' by The Avalanches |website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729050407/http://www.metacritic.com/music/since-i-left-you/the-avalanches |archive-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref> It became one of the best reviewed albums of 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/year?sort=desc&view=condensed&year_selected=2001 |title=Best Music and Albums for 2001 |website=Metacritic|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref> as well as being the highest rated dance album on that site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/genre/metascore/dance?view=condensed |title=Dance Artists, Albums, and Music by Metascore |website=Metacritic|access-date=21 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024110545/http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/genre/metascore/dance?view=condensed |archive-date=24 October 2011 }}</ref> The album peaked in the top 30 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]] and number 12 in Norway on the [[VG-lista]] Top 40 Albums Chart.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="NORCharts"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001]], The Avalanches won four awards from nine nominations, including Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Dance Release and Producer of the Year (for Chater and Seltmann aka Bobbydazzler) for ''Since I Left You''.<ref name="ARIAAward2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2001 |title=ARIA Awards 2011: History: Winners by Year |website=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235727/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> The fourth award win was for the related single "Frontier Psychiatrist" as Breakthrough Artist – Single.<ref name="ARIAAward2001"/> | ||
Christian Ward of ''[[NME]]'' hailed it as "a joyous, kaleidoscopic masterpiece of sun-kissed [[disco-pop]]",<ref name=nme/> and Andy Battaglia from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "a psychedelic disco fry-up",<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Battaglia|first=Andy|date=19 April 2002|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-avalanches-since-i-left-you-1798196983|title=The Avalanches: Since I Left You|magazine=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> while Andy Kellman of [[AllMusic]] called it one of the most intimate and emotional dance records that is not vocal-based.<ref name=allmusic /> Marc Savlov of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' found the album as surprising as "[[Primal Scream]]'s life-changing ''[[Screamadelica]]'' was a decade ago. It's downright shocking how fun this is".<ref name=austin>{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A83508 |title=Music: Review – The Avalanches |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=2 November 2001 |access-date=25 September 2009 |last=Savlov |first=Marc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419050514/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A83508 |archive-date=19 April 2007 }}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Matt LeMay credited | Christian Ward of ''[[NME]]'' hailed it as "a joyous, kaleidoscopic masterpiece of sun-kissed [[disco-pop]]",<ref name=nme/> and Andy Battaglia from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "a psychedelic disco fry-up",<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Battaglia|first=Andy|date=19 April 2002|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-avalanches-since-i-left-you-1798196983|title=The Avalanches: Since I Left You|magazine=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> while Andy Kellman of [[AllMusic]] called it one of the most intimate and emotional dance records that is not vocal-based.<ref name=allmusic /> Marc Savlov of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' found the album as surprising as "[[Primal Scream]]'s life-changing ''[[Screamadelica]]'' was a decade ago. It's downright shocking how fun this is".<ref name=austin>{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A83508 |title=Music: Review – The Avalanches |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=2 November 2001 |access-date=25 September 2009 |last=Savlov |first=Marc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419050514/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A83508 |archive-date=19 April 2007 }}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Matt LeMay credited The Avalanches for developing a "unique context" for the songs without compromising their original "distinct flavor" and said that the album "sounds like nothing else" because of how the samples are employed rather than their quality or volume.<ref name=pitchfork /> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine's Gareth Grundy remarked that its clever music is delivered as engagingly as "more conventional dance sounds" and that the album "finally fulfils sampling's original promise" of producing new, extraordinary sounds from artfully appropriated pieces of existing songs.<ref name="Grundy"/> Amy Bell of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' praised it as one of the year's best albums.<ref name=drowned>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2566/reviews/972-the-avalanches-since-i-left-you |title=Album Review: The Avalanches – ''Since I Left You'' |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=29 April 2001 |access-date=25 September 2009 |last=Bell |first=Amy |archive-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209073800/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2566/reviews/972-the-avalanches-since-i-left-you }}</ref> | ||
[[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' was less enthusiastic and said that | [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' was less enthusiastic and said that The Avalanches deliver "the long-promised new-songs-from-old-songs trick, in which untrackable samples are stitched together until they mesh into compelling music that never existed before. Unfortunately, the music in question is string-section disco."<ref name=Christgau>{{cite news|last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=12 February 2002 |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj01.php |title=Pazz & Jop 2001: Not Just Your Old Man's Takeover |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |access-date=28 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109235942/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj01.php |archive-date=9 November 2012 }}</ref> ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''{{'}}s Tyler Martin felt that the tracks lack innovation, nuance, and rhythmic complexity, but that several of them are exceptional.<ref name=stylus>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-avalanches/since-i-left-you.htm |title=The Avalanches – ''Since I Left You'' – Review |date=1 September 2003 |last=Martin |first=Tyler |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201120754/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-avalanches/since-i-left-you.htm |archive-date=1 February 2010 }}</ref> The website later placed the album at number 16 on their list of top 50 albums from 2000 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-top-50-albums-2000-2005.htm |work=Stylus Magazine |last=Pemberton |first=Rollie |date=18 January 2005 |access-date=24 November 2009 |title=The Top 50 Albums: 2000–2005 – Article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205071502/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-top-50-albums-2000-2005.htm |archive-date=5 February 2010 }}</ref> In a retrospective review for ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'', Michaelangelo Matos praised The Avalanches' balance of "the familiar and obscure" through their sampling techniques and their "playful, airy grooves", as well as the album's "surprisingly resonant emotional core".<ref name="rsguide"/> | ||
===Accolades=== | ===Accolades=== | ||
''Since I Left You'' was placed in some year-end polls. ''Pitchfork'' placed ''Since I Left You'' at number three in their top twenty albums of 2001 poll and number 10 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, declaring the album "a masterpiece of mood-setting that riffs off an ideal where getting on an airplane and landing in another corner of the world was the most exotic thing a person could do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/2/ |work=Pitchfork |last=''Pitchfork'' staff |title=Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 20–1 |date=2 October 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004234842/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/2 |archive-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="pfork" /> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|magazine=Q|issue=185|date=December 2001|pages=60–65}}</ref> The album was voted the 11th best album of the year in ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll for 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php |work=The Village Voice |location=New York |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=12 February 2002 |access-date=26 September 2009 |title=The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll | ''Since I Left You'' was placed in some year-end polls. ''Pitchfork'' placed ''Since I Left You'' at number three in their top twenty albums of 2001 poll and number 10 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, declaring the album "a masterpiece of mood-setting that riffs off an ideal where getting on an airplane and landing in another corner of the world was the most exotic thing a person could do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/2/ |work=Pitchfork |last=''Pitchfork'' staff |title=Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 20–1 |date=2 October 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004234842/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/2 |archive-date=4 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="pfork" /> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|magazine=Q|issue=185|date=December 2001|pages=60–65}}</ref> The album was voted the 11th best album of the year in ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll for 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php |work=The Village Voice |location=New York |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=12 February 2002 |access-date=26 September 2009 |title=The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234415/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> In 2008, the Australian newspaper ''[[The Age]]'' assembled a panel of experts ranging from its own critics and music journalists to musicians, broadcasters, record shop owners and band managers to pick a list of definitive fifty Australian albums. ''Since I Left You'' was included on this list with Chris Johnston declaring the album to be "a beautiful piece of musical art made entirely from samples."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/best-of-the-best/2008/06/26/1214472726241.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=27 June 2009 |last=Johnston |first=Chris |title=Best of the Best – Music – Entertainment |access-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605122305/http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/best-of-the-best/2008/06/26/1214472726241.html?page=fullpage |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref> ''Since I Left You'' was placed at number six on ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]''{{'}}s list of "50 most influential Australian albums ever".<ref>{{cite news|title=GQ: 50 most influential Australian albums ever |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/gq-50-most-influential-australian-albums-ever/story-e6freuy9-1111117612370 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |location=Sydney |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908035932/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/gq-50-most-influential-australian-albums-ever/story-e6freuy9-1111117612370 |archive-date=8 September 2012 }}</ref> ''[[Resident Advisor]]'' declared it to be the seventh best album of the decade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144 |title=Top 100 albums of the '00s |date=25 January 2010 |work=[[Resident Advisor]] |access-date=19 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814171833/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144 |archive-date=14 August 2013 }}</ref> ''[[NOW Toronto]]'' called the album a "[[sampledelic]] classic".<ref name=nowtoronto>{{cite web |title=Avalanches Wildflower |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/avalanches-wildflower/ |website=[[NOW Toronto]]|date=20 July 2016 }}</ref> | ||
On ''[[Slant Magazine]]''{{'}}s "Best of the Aughts" list, the album was placed at number six out of one-hundred.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Slant Magazine]] |author=Slant staff |title=Best of the Aughts: Albums |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-albums/215/page_10 |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507093828/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-albums/215/page_10 |archive-date=7 May 2010 }}</ref> Reflecting on the album's reception, Chater felt it was well received because "It's light-hearted and fun to listen to and there is depth there as well. There are some sadder moments that I think has made it resonate and made it last. It does sound like a 23-year-old kid in his bedroom making a record to me, but you can hear that innocence and joy in the discovery of finding all those sounds. So that was kind of infectious for people."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/11/countdown/cd_9.htm |title=Countdown #9 : Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time |date=28 January 2011 |access-date=21 August 2011 | | On ''[[Slant Magazine]]''{{'}}s "Best of the Aughts" list, the album was placed at number six out of one-hundred.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Slant Magazine]] |author=Slant staff |title=Best of the Aughts: Albums |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-albums/215/page_10 |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507093828/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-albums/215/page_10 |archive-date=7 May 2010 }}</ref> Reflecting on the album's reception, Chater felt it was well received because "It's light-hearted and fun to listen to and there is depth there as well. There are some sadder moments that I think has made it resonate and made it last. It does sound like a 23-year-old kid in his bedroom making a record to me, but you can hear that innocence and joy in the discovery of finding all those sounds. So that was kind of infectious for people."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/11/countdown/cd_9.htm |title=Countdown #9: Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time |date=28 January 2011 |access-date=21 August 2011 |website=[[Triple J]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820205431/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/11/countdown/cd_9.htm |archive-date=20 August 2011 }}</ref> In October 2010, it was listed at No. 10 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell">{{Cite book | title = [[100 Best Australian Albums]] | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }}</ref> [[Philip Sherburne]], writing for [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]], said that "along with [[DJ Shadow]]'s ''[[Endtroducing]]'', this is one of [[Plunderphonics|plunderphonic]] music's greatest LPs".<ref name=sherburne>{{cite web|last=Sherburne |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Sherburne |url=http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/the-avalanches/album/since-i-left-you-decca-international |title=Since I Left You: The Avalanches |website=[[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718121257/http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/the-avalanches/album/since-i-left-you-decca-international |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref name= "Dimery 2010">{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> In 2019, the album was ranked 34th on ''[[The Guardian]]'''s 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019 }}</ref> In December of 2021, the album was listed at no. 8 in ''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]''{{'s}} '200 Greatest Albums of All Time' countdown.<ref>[https://au.rollingstone.com/rolling-stones-200-greatest-australian-albums-of-all-time Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time]. Rolling Stone Australia, ''Rolling Stone Australia'', 06 December 2021. Retrieved 06 December 2021.</ref> | ||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
Where appropriate, the writers of the sampled material are credited alongside | Where appropriate, the writers of the sampled material are credited alongside The Avalanches' members. | ||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| headline = ''Since I Left You'' track listing | | headline = ''Since I Left You'' track listing | ||
| title1 = [[Since I Left You (song)|Since I Left You]] | | title1 = [[Since I Left You (song)|Since I Left You]] | ||
| writer1 = {{hlist|Robbie Chater|Tony Di Blasi|Gordon McQuilten|Darren Seltmann|[[Eddie Drennon|Edward Drennen]]|Jeanne Salo|[[Jimmy Webb]]<ref name="APRASince">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Since+I+Left+You&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Since I Left You' | | | writer1 = {{hlist|Robbie Chater|Tony Di Blasi|Gordon McQuilten|Darren Seltmann|[[Eddie Drennon|Edward Drennen]]|Jeanne Salo|[[Jimmy Webb]]<ref name="APRASince">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Since+I+Left+You&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Since I Left You' |website=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=The Avalanches |date=2001 |title="Since I Left You" |type=liner notes |publisher=[[XL Recordings]] |id=0XLS 128 CD}}</ref>}} | ||
| length1 = 4:22 | | length1 = 4:22 | ||
| title2 = Stay Another Season | | title2 = Stay Another Season | ||
| writer2 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|[[Alan Bergman]]| [[Marilyn Bergman]]|[[Johnny Mandel]]|Curtis Hudson|Lisa Stevens<ref name="APRAStay">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Stay+Another+Season&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Stay Another Season' | | | writer2 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|[[Alan Bergman]]| [[Marilyn Bergman]]|[[Johnny Mandel]]|Curtis Hudson|Lisa Stevens<ref name="APRAStay">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Stay+Another+Season&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Stay Another Season' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=5788594&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Stay Another Season |website=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |access-date=17 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=TarkusAB |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} | ||
| length2 = 2:18 | | length2 = 2:18 | ||
| title3 = Radio | | title3 = Radio | ||
| writer3 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Mandrill (band)|Claude Cave]]<ref name="APRARadio">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Radio&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Radio' | | | writer3 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Mandrill (band)|Claude Cave]]<ref name="APRARadio">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Radio&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Radio' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101249/http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Radio&performer=Avalanches |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>}} | ||
| length3 = 4:22 | | length3 = 4:22 | ||
| title4 = Two Hearts in 3/4 Time | | title4 = Two Hearts in 3/4 Time | ||
| writer4 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten| Seltmann|[[John Cale]]|[[Marlena Shaw]]<ref name="APRATwoHearts">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Two+Hearts+in+3/4+Time&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Two Hearts in 3/4 Time' | | | writer4 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten| Seltmann|[[John Cale]]|[[Marlena Shaw]]<ref name="APRATwoHearts">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Two+Hearts+in+3/4+Time&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Two Hearts in 3/4 Time' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=7387133&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Two Hearts in 3 4 Time |website=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=17 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=TarkusAB |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} | ||
| length4 = 3:23 | | length4 = 3:23 | ||
| title5 = Avalanche Rock | | title5 = Avalanche Rock | ||
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| length5 = 0:22 | | length5 = 0:22 | ||
| title6 = Flight Tonight | | title6 = Flight Tonight | ||
| writer6 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Henry "Junjo" Lawes|Henry Lawes]]|[[Billy Boyo|Billy Rowe]]|[[Prince Paul (producer)|Paul Huston]]|[[David Jude Jolicoeur|David Jolicoeur]]|[[Vincent Mason]]|[[Kelvin Mercer]]|[[Lawrence Dermer]]|Hubert Roberts| Henry Stone|Freddy Stonewall<ref name="APRAFlight">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Flight+Tonight&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Flight Tonight' |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=5456374&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Flight Tonight | | | writer6 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Henry "Junjo" Lawes|Henry Lawes]]|[[Billy Boyo|Billy Rowe]]|[[Prince Paul (producer)|Paul Huston]]|[[David Jude Jolicoeur|David Jolicoeur]]|[[Vincent Mason]]|[[Kelvin Mercer]]|[[Lawrence Dermer]]|Hubert Roberts| Henry Stone|Freddy Stonewall<ref name="APRAFlight">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Flight+Tonight&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Flight Tonight' |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=5456374&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Flight Tonight |website=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=17 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=TarkusAB |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} | ||
| length6 = 3:53 | | length6 = 3:53 | ||
| title7 = Close to You | | title7 = Close to You | ||
| writer7 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Kid Creole and the Coconuts|August Darnell]]|[[Ernie Isley|Ernest Isley]]|[[Marvin Isley]]|[[O'Kelly Isley, Jr.]]|[[Ronald Isley]]| [[Rudolph Isley]]|[[Chris Jasper|Christopher Jasper]]<ref name="APRAClose">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Close+to+You&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Close to You' | | | writer7 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Kid Creole and the Coconuts|August Darnell]]|[[Ernie Isley|Ernest Isley]]|[[Marvin Isley]]|[[O'Kelly Isley, Jr.]]|[[Ronald Isley]]| [[Rudolph Isley]]|[[Chris Jasper|Christopher Jasper]]<ref name="APRAClose">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Close+to+You&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Close to You' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=5815403&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Close to You |website=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=17 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=TarkusAB |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} | ||
| length7 = 3:54 | | length7 = 3:54 | ||
| title8 = Diners Only | | title8 = Diners Only | ||
| writer8 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Camp Lo|Saladine Wallace]]|[[Camp Lo|Salahadeen Wilds]]|[[Ski (producer)|David Willis]]<ref name="APRADiners">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Diners+Only&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Diners Only' | | | writer8 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Camp Lo|Saladine Wallace]]|[[Camp Lo|Salahadeen Wilds]]|[[Ski (producer)|David Willis]]<ref name="APRADiners">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Diners+Only&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Diners Only' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}} | ||
| length8 = 1:35 | | length8 = 1:35 | ||
| title9 = A Different Feeling | | title9 = A Different Feeling | ||
| writer9 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|[[Ray Evans|Raymond Evans]]|[[Jay Livingston]]<ref name="ASCAPDifferent">{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |title=ACE Title Search | | | writer9 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|[[Ray Evans|Raymond Evans]]|[[Jay Livingston]]<ref name="ASCAPDifferent">{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |title=ACE Title Search |website=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] |access-date=17 October 2015 |format=search "A Different Feeling" in "Titles" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref>}} | ||
| length9 = 4:22 | | length9 = 4:22 | ||
| title10 = [[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]] | | title10 = [[Electricity (The Avalanches song)|Electricity]] | ||
| writer10 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Willie Clarke|[[Blowfly (musician)|Clarence Reid]]<ref name="APRAElectricity">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Electricity&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Electricity' | | | writer10 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Willie Clarke|[[Blowfly (musician)|Clarence Reid]]<ref name="APRAElectricity">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Electricity&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Electricity' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044652/http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Electricity&performer=Avalanches |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>}} | ||
| length10 = 3:29 | | length10 = 3:29 | ||
| title11 = Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life | | title11 = Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life{{#tag:ref|Also known as "Tonight" on the album's back cover and streaming services|group="nb"}} | ||
| writer11 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Donald Borzage|[[Johnny Mercer]]<ref name="APRATonight">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Tonight&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Tonight' | | | writer11 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Donald Borzage|[[Johnny Mercer]]<ref name="APRATonight">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Tonight&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Tonight' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924234130/http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Tonight&performer=Avalanches |archive-date=24 September 2016 }}</ref>}} | ||
| length11 = 2:20 | | length11 = 2:20 | ||
| title12 = Pablo's Cruise | | title12 = Pablo's Cruise | ||
| writer12 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann<ref name="APRAPablo">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Pablo's+Cruise&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Pablo's Cruise' | | | writer12 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann<ref name="APRAPablo">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Pablo's+Cruise&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Pablo's Cruise' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}} | ||
| length12 = 0:52 | | length12 = 0:52 | ||
| title13 = [[Frontier Psychiatrist]] | | title13 = [[Frontier Psychiatrist]] | ||
| writer13 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|Dexter Fabay|[[Bert Kaempfert]]|[[Herbert Rehbein]]|[[Carl Sigman]]<ref name="APRAFrontier">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Frontier+Psychiatrist&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Frontier Psychiatrist' | | | writer13 = {{hlist|Chater|Di Blasi|McQuilten|Seltmann|Dexter Fabay|[[Bert Kaempfert]]|[[Herbert Rehbein]]|[[Carl Sigman]]<ref name="APRAFrontier">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Frontier+Psychiatrist&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Frontier Psychiatrist' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=5456408&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Frontier Psychiatrist |website=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=17 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=TarkusAB |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} | ||
| length13 = 4:47 | | length13 = 4:47 | ||
| title14 = Etoh | | title14 = Etoh | ||
| writer14 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann<ref name="APRAEtoh">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Etoh&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Etoh' | | | writer14 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann<ref name="APRAEtoh">{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Etoh&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Etoh' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101056/http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Etoh&performer=Avalanches |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>}} | ||
| length14 = 5:02 | | length14 = 5:02 | ||
| title15 = Summer Crane | | title15 = Summer Crane | ||
| writer15 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Bobby Lee Trammell]]<ref name="APRASummer">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Summer+Crane&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Summer Crane' | | | writer15 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Bobby Lee Trammell]]<ref name="APRASummer">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Summer+Crane&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Summer Crane' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}} | ||
| length15 = 4:39 | | length15 = 4:39 | ||
| title16 = Little Journey | | title16 = Little Journey | ||
| writer16 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Hudson|Stevens|[[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]]<ref name="APRALittle">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Little+Journey&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Little Journey' | | | writer16 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|Hudson|Stevens|[[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]]<ref name="APRALittle">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Little+Journey&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Little Journey' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}} | ||
| length16 = 1:35 | | length16 = 1:35 | ||
| title17 = Live at Dominoes | | title17 = Live at Dominoes | ||
| writer17 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Frank Farian]]|Fred Jay|George Reyam<ref name="APRALive">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Live+at+Dominoes&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Live at Dominoes' | | | writer17 = {{hlist|Chater|Seltmann|[[Frank Farian]]|Fred Jay|George Reyam<ref name="APRALive">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Live+at+Dominoes&performer=Avalanches |title=Works Search for 'Live at Dominoes' |website=Australasian Performing Right Association |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}} | ||
| length17 = 5:39 | | length17 = 5:39 | ||
| title18 = Extra Kings | | title18 = Extra Kings | ||
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| length18 = 3:46 | | length18 = 3:46 | ||
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| headline | | headline = 20th anniversary deluxe edition disc 2 – digital and vinyl tracks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/since-i-left-you-20th-anniversary-deluxe-edition/1558002905|title=Since I Left You (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) by The Avalanches on Apple Music|website=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> | ||
| title1 = Since I Left You | |||
| title1 | | note1 = [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] remix | ||
| note1 | | length1 = 5:35 | ||
| length1 | | title2 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | ||
| note2 = [[Edan (musician)|Edan]] remix | |||
| title2 | | length2 = 3:53 | ||
| note2 | | title3 = Frontier Psychiatrist | ||
| length2 | | note3 = [[Mario Caldato Jr.]]'s 85% remix | ||
| length3 = 4:04 | |||
| title3 | | title4 = Close to You | ||
| note3 | | note4 = [[Sun Araw]] remix | ||
| length3 | | length4 = 6:10 | ||
| title5 = Since I Left You | |||
| title4 | | note5 = [[Stereolab]] remix | ||
| note4 | | length5 = 4:36 | ||
| length4 | | title6 = Flight Tonight | ||
| note6 = Canyons Travel Agent dub | |||
| title5 | | length6 = 6:00 | ||
| note5 | | title7 = Radio | ||
| length5 | | note7 = [[Sinkane]] remix | ||
| length7 = 8:33 | |||
| title8 = Since I Left You | |||
| note8 = [[Prince Paul (producer)|Prince Paul]] remix | |||
| length8 = 3:48 | |||
| title9 = Electricity | |||
| note9 = [[DJ Harvey|Harvey]]'s Nightclub re-edit | |||
| length9 = 6:30 | |||
| title10 = Summer Crane | |||
| note10 = [[Black Dice]] remix | |||
| length10 = 3:38 | |||
| title11 = Extra Kings | |||
| note11 = [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]] remix | |||
| length11 = 4:42 | |||
| title12 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | |||
| note12 = [[MF DOOM]] remix | |||
| length12 = 2:54 | |||
| title13 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | |||
| note13 = Dragged by [[Leon Vynehall]] | |||
| length13 = 5:24 | |||
| title14 = A Different Feeling | |||
| note14 = [[Carl Craig]]'s Paperclip People remix | |||
| length14 = 10:37 | |||
| title15 = Thank You Caroline | |||
| note15 = original Avalanches demo tape | |||
| length15 = 4:11 | |||
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| headline | | headline = 20th anniversary deluxe edition disc 2 – CD tracks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theavalanchesstore.com/products/since-i-left-you-20th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-2cd|title=SINCE I LEFT YOU 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION 2CD|website=[[The Avalanches]]|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> | ||
| extra_column = Original artist | | extra_column = Original artist | ||
| title1 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | |||
| title1 | | note1 = MF DOOM remix | ||
| note1 | | length1 = 2:45 | ||
| length1 | | title2 = Summer Crane | ||
| note2 = Black Dice remix | |||
| title2 | | length2 = 0:37 | ||
| note2 | | title3 = Frontier Psychiatrist | ||
| length2 | | note3 = Mario Caldato Jr.'s 85% remix | ||
| length3 = 2:13 | |||
| title3 | | title4 = Electricity | ||
| note3 | | note4 = [[Matthew Herbert|Dr Rockit]]'s Dirty Kiss remix | ||
| length3 | | length4 = 1:29 | ||
| title5 = Electricity | |||
| title4 | | note5 = original Avalanches demo tape | ||
| note4 | | length5 = 2:54 | ||
| length4 | | title6 = Thank You Caroline | ||
| note6 = original Avalanches demo tape | |||
| title5 | | length6 = 2:16 | ||
| note5 | | title7 = Thank You Caroline | ||
| length5 | | note7 = [[Andy Votel]] remix | ||
| length7 = 2:12 | |||
| title6 | | title8 = [[So Why So Sad]] | ||
| note6 | | note8 = The Avalanches Sean Penn Mix | ||
| length6 | | extra8 = [[Manic Street Preachers]] | ||
| length8 = 4:20 | |||
| title7 | | title9 = The Shining | ||
| note7 | | note9 = The Avalanches Good Word for the Weekend mix | ||
| length7 | | extra9 = [[Badly Drawn Boy]] | ||
| length9 = 4:58 | |||
| title8 | | title10 = Pablo's Cruise | ||
| note8 | | note10 = original Avalanches demo tape | ||
| extra8 | | length10 = 0:51 | ||
| length8 | | title11 = [[I'm a Cuckoo]] | ||
| note11 = The Avalanches remix | |||
| title9 | | extra11 = [[Belle and Sebastian]] | ||
| note9 | | length11 = 3:03 | ||
| extra9 | | title12 = Chico | ||
| length9 | | note12 = The Avalanches Wernham Hogg mix | ||
| extra12 = [[The Concretes]] | |||
| title10 | | length12 = 3:11 | ||
| note10 | | title13 = Fade Together | ||
| length10 | | note13 = The Avalanches remix | ||
| extra13 = [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] | |||
| title11 | | length13 = 1:36 | ||
| note11 | | title14 = Since I Left You | ||
| extra11 | | note14 = Stereolab remix | ||
| length11 | | length14 = 4:16 | ||
| title15 = Flight Tonight | |||
| title12 | | note15 = Canyons Travel Agent dub | ||
| note12 | | length15 = 4:22 | ||
| extra12 | | title16 = Radio | ||
| length12 | | note16 = Sinkane remix | ||
| length16 = 4:43 | |||
| title13 | | title17 = A Different Feeling | ||
| note13 | | note17 = Ernest Saint Laurent Remix | ||
| extra13 | | length17 = 4:05 | ||
| length13 | | title18 = A Different Feeling | ||
| note18 = Carl Craig's Paperclip People remix | |||
| title14 | | length18 = 4:09 | ||
| note14 | | title19 = Two Hearts in 3/4 Time | ||
| length14 | | note19 = [[Jackson and His Computer Band]] remix | ||
| length19 = 4:00 | |||
| title15 | | title20 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | ||
| note15 | | note20 = Dragged by Leon Vynehall | ||
| length15 | | length20 = 4:01 | ||
| title21 = Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life | |||
| title16 | | note21 = Edan remix | ||
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==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
Credits according to album notes and AllMusic.<ref name="albumNotes"/><ref name="AMGCredits">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/credits |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches (Credits) |access-date=3 January 2012 | | Credits according to album notes and AllMusic.<ref name="albumNotes"/><ref name="AMGCredits">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/credits |title=''Since I Left You'' – The Avalanches (Credits) |access-date=3 January 2012 |website=AllMusic|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713035634/http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172/credits |archive-date=13 July 2016 }}</ref> | ||
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Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music group The Avalanches, released on 27 November 2000 by Modular Recordings. It was produced by group members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann (under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler), and samples extensively from various genres. The album was recorded and produced at two separate, near-identical studios by Chater and Seltmann, exchanging audio mixes of records they sampled.
After the album's positive reception in Australia, the duo considered an international release – its date was held back until 2001 in the United Kingdom and North America and appeared in slightly altered forms. The delay and changes occurred so that the group could obtain permission to use the samples or use replacements. Four singles were released from the album: "Electricity", "Frontier Psychiatrist", "Since I Left You", and "Radio". The group promoted the album by organising headlining tours in Australia, Europe and the United States.
Since I Left You was acclaimed by critics. It peaked in the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart, number 12 in Norway, number eight on the UK Albums Chart and, in the United States, at number ten on the Top Electronic Albums chart and in the top 40 on the Top Heatseekers chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, it won in four categories: Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Dance Release, Producer of the Year for Bobbydazzler, and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Frontier Psychiatrist". Since I Left You became one of the best-reviewed albums of the 2000s, and was listed at number ten in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Production
The Avalanches began work on the album in 1999 under the working title Pablo's Cruise, primarily working with a Yamaha Promix 01 and Akai S2000 samplers.[1][2] Group members Darren Seltmann and Robbie Chater spent hours sampling music from vinyl records to create the songs on the album: Chater has estimated that there are over 3,500 samples that were used overall although some estimate the number to be much lower, roughly 900.[1][3] After sampling and arranging, the pair would swap their tapes, listen to each other's ideas, and expand on whatever they had heard. Despite working separately, both Chater and Seltmann had nearly identical studio set-ups.[1]
Initially, Seltmann and Chater were not planning for an international release. They were not concerned with copyright restrictions and so did not keep a list of which tracks were being sampled. According to Chater they "were really unorganised and were just sampling on the fly as tracks progressed ... We had no idea the record would get such a wide-scale release so we saw no need to keep track of what we were using – we were definitely guilty of harbouring a 'No-one's going to listen to it anyway' sort of attitude."[1] The sources span many different styles of music, sampling artists such as Françoise Hardy, Blowfly, Sérgio Mendes, Raekwon, Wayne and Shuster, and Madonna.[4] Seltmann felt that "[t]he more rejected and unwanted the record that a sample comes from, the more appealing it is, I guess it's almost a reaction to rare record finding, but occasionally things like 'Holiday' come up".[1] He described how making sample tapes for each other created some samples which were intended as "funny samples" that they had no original intention to get clearance for. In particular, Madonna's song "Holiday" was "one of those where we put something together, ended it with "Holiday" and all had a big laugh. It ended up where we couldn't live without it so I guess we just had to make that one work".[1] Later, Seltmann and Chater had a few problems when trying to clear all the samples. One sample that had to be removed was from Rodgers and Hammerstein in the intro that featured harps and girls singing.[1][5] After checking clearances, "[t]he album is slightly different to its original form in that it had a whole new introduction, which apparently was really recognisable, so we had to take that off straight away".[1] The Avalanches worked with sample-clearance expert Pat Shannahan to clear the thousands of samples in the record.[6] The group played their songs to flatmates to get input on which tracks were worth including on the album.[7] "Electricity" was the first song the group felt that worked; it was a last-minute addition to the album as The Avalanches felt the song "still sounds good".[7] In February 2000, Seltmann (as Dazzler) and Chater (as Bobby C) finished production on the album under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler, and its official title was revealed as Since I Left You in March 2000.[2]
Style and themes
Since I Left You was originally developed to be a concept album. Chater described its initial theme as a love story, "an international search for love from country to country. The idea of a guy following a girl around the world and always being one port behind. And that was just because we had all these records from all over the world, and we'd like to use all that stuff."[8] The concept album idea was abandoned when the group felt they should not make their themes too obvious.[8] The album's sound was in response to dance music at that time, that Chater felt was "about big drums, big production: think of a record like the Chemical Brothers "Block Rockin' Beats", with those amazing drums, and how huge those records sounded".[7] The Avalanches felt their early music could not compare to that sound and desired a recording with less bass that was influenced by 1960s music such as the Beach Boys and Phil Spector.[7]
Release
When Since I Left You was being recorded, The Avalanches had trouble choosing songs to be released as singles, finding them not sounding as good outside the context of the album.[8] On 13 September 1999, they issued "Electricity" as a four-track 12" vinyl single in Australia (on Modular Recordings) and as a two-track 7" vinyl single in the United Kingdom (on Rex Records).[9][2][10][11] Chater felt that Modular was very patient with the group releasing the record.[7] On 21 August 2000, "Frontier Psychiatrist" was released as the second single from the album by Modular in Australia in both a four-track and two-track version.[9] The initial release date for Since I Left You was going to be 11 September; however, it was delayed due to issues with sample clearance. On 27 November, the album was issued in Australia with plans to have a worldwide release in early 2001.[9][2] The later release date outside Australia was due to additional sample clearances needed for international markets.[12] To celebrate the album's release in Melbourne, the group had a boat cruise party through Port Phillip Bay. On 5 February 2001, they released the album's title track as the third single in Australia, and followed on 23 July with "Radio".[9][2]
In April, Since I Left You was released in the UK through XL Recordings with the album selling far more copies than the label's original target amount.[12] On 28 April, it entered the UK Album Charts, which peaked at number eight and remained in the chart for 25 weeks.[2][13] In late March, the single "Since I Left You" was issued in the UK and entered the charts at number 16 on 7 April 2001.[9][2][13] On 6 November, Since I Left You was released in the United States by Sire Records,[14] and charted on the US Top Electronic Albums, peaking at number ten, and on the Top Heatseekers chart, peaking at number 31.[15] The album artwork features an excerpt of Sinking of USS President Lincoln by Fred Dana Marsh (1920).[16]
Versions
Several versions of the album were created due to sample clearance difficulties.
In 2000, Zomba Records released a promo CD of an earlier version of the album containing all original samples and an extra track after "Stay Another Season" titled With My Baby, which released as a B-side to Frontier Psychiatrist in Australia.[17]
For the first international release, multiple samples had to be cut from the original Australian release, including dialogue by Robert De Niro from the film Midnight Run, an Ennio Morricone excerpt, and flute sounds from War's "H2 Overture". A version of "Frontier Psychiatrist" with re-recorded vocal lines was also included on a number of releases. A mixtape named Gimix was sold as tour merch in 2000, designed to combat bootlegged copies of the album which were circulating due to the album's publishing delays. The mixtape contains tracks from Since I Left You, songs sampled on the album, songs with copyright clearance problems, and other favorites.[18][19]
In July 2011, a deluxe reissue of Since I Left You was announced that would include the original album as well as a bonus disc containing b-sides, demo tracks and remixes of songs from the original album by artists including El Guincho, MF DOOM, Black Dice, and The Avalanches themselves.[20] In 2016, it was announced that a reissue of Since I Left You would be released on 27 January 2017[21] in a limited edition of five thousand copies. Fans were allowed to vote on which colour vinyl the album would be pressed on, as well as which record store the album would be sold at.[22]
In December 2017, some retailers listed a 33-track deluxe edition of the album online.[23] Later, a finished 4xLP deluxe edition copy made its way into the hands of a collector, who submitted pictures and details about the release to Discogs. The deluxe edition features alternate artwork and a collection of new remixes from MF DOOM, Deakin, Leon Vynehall, Canyons, Sinkane, Sun Araw, Black Dice, and Edan alongside select previously released remixes, and the original demo of Thank You Caroline. In November 2018, the band promised the deluxe edition was "nearly ready".[24] In April 2021, the band announced the 20th anniversary edition, consisting of the aforementioned deluxe edition, would be released on June 4.
Tour
To promote Since I Left You, The Avalanches organised their first Australian head-lining tour in October 2000, planning to head to all the capital cities. All dates on the tour were sold out. In their Brisbane show, Seltmann broke his leg in an on-stage collision with bass guitarist and singer Tony Di Blasi. From January to February 2001, The Avalanches toured with the Big Day Out festival in Australia, visiting four capital cities. While on tour in Europe, Seltmann broke his other leg, thereafter the rest of the tour's shows were DJ sets.[2] The British dance music magazine Muzik awarded The Avalanches as best live act.[12]
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Seltmann and Chater did not initially think that Since I Left You would receive much attention.[1] However, the album garnered widespread critical acclaim from the music industry. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 89, based on 21 reviews.[25] It became one of the best reviewed albums of 2000,[26] as well as being the highest rated dance album on that site.[27] The album peaked in the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart and number 12 in Norway on the VG-lista Top 40 Albums Chart.[28][29] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, The Avalanches won four awards from nine nominations, including Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Dance Release and Producer of the Year (for Chater and Seltmann aka Bobbydazzler) for Since I Left You.[30] The fourth award win was for the related single "Frontier Psychiatrist" as Breakthrough Artist – Single.[30]
Christian Ward of NME hailed it as "a joyous, kaleidoscopic masterpiece of sun-kissed disco-pop",[31] and Andy Battaglia from The A.V. Club called it "a psychedelic disco fry-up",[32] while Andy Kellman of AllMusic called it one of the most intimate and emotional dance records that is not vocal-based.[33] Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle found the album as surprising as "Primal Scream's life-changing Screamadelica was a decade ago. It's downright shocking how fun this is".[34] PitchforkTemplate:'s Matt LeMay credited The Avalanches for developing a "unique context" for the songs without compromising their original "distinct flavor" and said that the album "sounds like nothing else" because of how the samples are employed rather than their quality or volume.[35] Q magazine's Gareth Grundy remarked that its clever music is delivered as engagingly as "more conventional dance sounds" and that the album "finally fulfils sampling's original promise" of producing new, extraordinary sounds from artfully appropriated pieces of existing songs.[36] Amy Bell of Drowned in Sound praised it as one of the year's best albums.[37]
Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was less enthusiastic and said that The Avalanches deliver "the long-promised new-songs-from-old-songs trick, in which untrackable samples are stitched together until they mesh into compelling music that never existed before. Unfortunately, the music in question is string-section disco."[38] Stylus MagazineTemplate:'s Tyler Martin felt that the tracks lack innovation, nuance, and rhythmic complexity, but that several of them are exceptional.[39] The website later placed the album at number 16 on their list of top 50 albums from 2000 to 2005.[40] In a retrospective review for The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, Michaelangelo Matos praised The Avalanches' balance of "the familiar and obscure" through their sampling techniques and their "playful, airy grooves", as well as the album's "surprisingly resonant emotional core".[41]
Accolades
Since I Left You was placed in some year-end polls. Pitchfork placed Since I Left You at number three in their top twenty albums of 2001 poll and number 10 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, declaring the album "a masterpiece of mood-setting that riffs off an ideal where getting on an airplane and landing in another corner of the world was the most exotic thing a person could do."[42][3] Q listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[43] The album was voted the 11th best album of the year in The Village VoiceTemplate:'s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 2001.[44] In 2008, the Australian newspaper The Age assembled a panel of experts ranging from its own critics and music journalists to musicians, broadcasters, record shop owners and band managers to pick a list of definitive fifty Australian albums. Since I Left You was included on this list with Chris Johnston declaring the album to be "a beautiful piece of musical art made entirely from samples."[45] Since I Left You was placed at number six on The Daily TelegraphTemplate:'s list of "50 most influential Australian albums ever".[46] Resident Advisor declared it to be the seventh best album of the decade.[47] NOW Toronto called the album a "sampledelic classic".[48]
On Slant MagazineTemplate:'s "Best of the Aughts" list, the album was placed at number six out of one-hundred.[49] Reflecting on the album's reception, Chater felt it was well received because "It's light-hearted and fun to listen to and there is depth there as well. There are some sadder moments that I think has made it resonate and made it last. It does sound like a 23-year-old kid in his bedroom making a record to me, but you can hear that innocence and joy in the discovery of finding all those sounds. So that was kind of infectious for people."[50] In October 2010, it was listed at No. 10 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[51] Philip Sherburne, writing for Rhapsody, said that "along with DJ Shadow's Endtroducing, this is one of plunderphonic music's greatest LPs".[52] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[53] In 2019, the album was ranked 34th on The Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.[54] In December of 2021, the album was listed at no. 8 in Rolling Stone Australia's '200 Greatest Albums of All Time' countdown.[55]
Track listing
Where appropriate, the writers of the sampled material are credited alongside The Avalanches' members.
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Personnel
Credits according to album notes and AllMusic.[4][56]
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See also
References
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External links
- Since I Left You at Discogs
- Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at MetacriticTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Since I Left You at Rate Your Music
Template:The Avalanches Template:ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist