Burning Off Impurities
| Burning Off Impurities | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 24 April 2007 | |||
| Genres | ||||
| Length | 50:18 | |||
| Label | Temporary Residence Limited | |||
| Grails chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[2] |
| Sputnikmusic |  [3] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [4] |
| Exclaim! | mildly favorable[5] |
| Adequacy | favorable[6] |
| The Wire | favorable[7] |
Burning Off Impurities is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Grails, released on Temporary Residence Limited in 2007.[1][8][9]
Track listing
All songs written by Grails.[8][9][1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Soft Temple" | 6:41 |
| 2. | "More Extinction" | 2:15 |
| 3. | "Silk Rd" | 8:15 |
| 4. | "Drawn Curtains" | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Outer Banks" | 7:48 |
| 6. | "Dead Vine Blues" | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Origin-ing" | 7:52 |
| 8. | "Burning Off Impurities" | 7:50 |
| Total length: | 50:18 | |
Personnel
Grails and featured guest musicians
- Emil Amos – drums, tapes, keyboards, guitar, melodica
- Alex Hall – electric guitar, sampler
- Zak Riles – twelve-string acoustic guitar, six-string acoustic guitar, banjo, oud, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
- William Slater – bass guitar, piano, organ, electric piano, harpsichord, guitar
- Dylan Rice-Leary – harmonica
- Cory Gray – trumpet, baritone horn
- Kate O'Brien – violin
Technical personnel
- Jeff Stuart Saltzman – mixing engineer
- Carl Saff – mastering engineer
- Emil Amos – recording, mixing
- Alex Hall – recording, mixing
- Zak Riles – recording
- Steven Wray Lobdell – recording engineer (''Dead Vine Blues'')
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Thom Jurek. Burning Off Impurities - Grails at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ↑ D. Shawn Bosler (July 19, 2007). "Grails: Burning Off Impurities Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Grails - Burning Off Impurities (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Grails - Burning Off Impurities | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Grails Burning Off Impurities". Exclaim!.
- ↑ "Grails – Burning Off Impurities". DOA. August 2, 2007. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019.
- ↑ Southgate, Nick (May 2007). "Soundcheck". The Wire (279): 58.
- 1 2 3 4 "Grails - Burning Off Impurities". Discogs. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Release "Burning Off Impurities"". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 14 July 2015.