It's All Around You
| It's All Around You | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Soma | |||
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| Length | 43:37 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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It's All Around You is the fifth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2004.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[10] |
| The Village Voice |  [11] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68% based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
In 2011, American rapper Currensy named it one of his 25 favorite albums, stating: "I don’t do major drugs, but it was an acid trip in audio form."[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, Jeff Parker.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's All Around You" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "The Lithium Stiffs" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Crest" | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Stretch (You Are All Right)" | 5:14 |
| 5. | "Unknown" | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Dot/Eyes" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "On the Chin" | 5:21 |
| 8. | "By Dawn" | 1:51 |
| 9. | "Five Too Many" | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Salt the Skies" | 4:45 |
| Total length: | 43:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Elmerson, Lincoln, & Palmieri" | 2:36 |
| 12. | "Deltitnu" | 5:49 |
| Total length: | 52:02 | |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] | 31 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] | 13 |
References
- 1 2 "It's All Around You by Tortoise". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Bush, John. "It's All Around You - Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Blender: 133. May 2004.
- ↑ "It's All Around You". Entertainment Weekly. April 16, 2004. p. 78.
- ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (April 1, 2004). "Tortoise, It's All Around You". The Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Mojo: 108. April 2004.
- ↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 7, 2004). "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Review: It's All Around You". Q: 108. May 2004.
- ↑ Randall, Mac (April 21, 2004). "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Schepper, Ron (April 6, 2004). "Tortoise - It's All Around You". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 5, 2004). "Anti-Gravitational Boots". The Village Voice.
- ↑ Ahmed, Insanul (July 5, 2011). "Curren$y's 25 Favorite Albums: Tortoise, It's All Around You (2004)". Complex. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Tortoise - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Tortoise - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
External links
- It's All Around You at Discogs (list of releases)