Standards (Tortoise album)
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Production
The album was produced using less of the studio manipulation that had been employed on previous records.[4]
Critical reception
The A.V. Club wrote that "the band is poised between capturing a momentary, malleable inspiration and shaping that moment into some timeless anthem, and as always, it chooses to dither and delay, settling for a sometimes pleasant, sometimes maddening, almost always stimulating exploration of atmospherics."[5] Entertainment Weekly called the album "mood music for post-post-moderns, both forward- and backward-looking."[6] Spin deemed it "a cohesion of styles and impulses so tight we might call it originality."[7] The New Zealand Herald called Standards "a neatly intriguing, mish-mash of instrumental rock shot through with lopsided grooves, dreamy drones, not-quite-jazz percussion and vibes, and knob-twiddling electronica rubbing up against a junk-store of old instruments - all of which somehow emerges as an accessible, tuneful, structured affair."[8]
Track listing
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Personnel
- Jeff Parker - guitar, bass
- Dan Bitney - bass, guitar, percussion, vibes, marimba, keyboards, baritone saxophone
- Douglas McCombs - bass, bass 6, guitar, lap steel
- John Herndon - drums, vibes, keyboards, sequencing
- John McEntire - drums, modular synthesizer, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keyboards
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 95 |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 200 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] | 10 |
References
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