Tortoise (album)
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By March 1998, Tortoise had sold 35,000 copies (8,000 LPs and 27,000 CDs).[2]
Reception
Template:Music ratings Trouser Press noted that "the beckoning warmth of the gently shifting rhythms ... make it easy to forget that there's nary a whit of guitar and only the briefest whiff of standard-issue keyboards in play."[3] In his review for AllMusic, Glenn Swan writes that Tortoise "share equal responsibility and trust in each other, pouring out a thick stew of meditative grooves, light production experiments, and rusty guitar-string ambience -- the likes of which have rarely sounded so approachable, but this is not to say the album is a sellout leap into commercialism. There are a couple head scratchers and murky moments that fail to make much of an impact, but the quintet have spun such a rich web of mood and personality that any fall from grace barely changes altitude".[4]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits for Tortoise adapted from album liner notes.[5]
Tortoise
- Dan Bitney
- Bundy K. Brown
- John Herndon
- Douglas McCombs
- John McEntire
Production
- Bundy K. Brown – recording (assistant), mixing (assistant)
- John McEntire – recording, mixing
- Tortoise – arrangement, production
Artwork and design
- Sam Prekop – cover design
References
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