Creature Comforts (album)
Creature Comforts | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 22, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2001 & 2003 | |||
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Length | 43:46 | |||
Label | DFA | |||
Black Dice chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10)[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [6] |
Creature Comforts is the second album by American experimental noise band Black Dice. It was released in June 2004 by DFA Records (USA) and Fat Cat Records (UK).[7][8]
The album, according to Kory Grow of CMJ New Music Monthly, is "Black Dice's musique concrète take on animal noises, including replicated elephant sounds, duck calls and even sparrow chirps".[1]
Background
[edit]The album was preceded by the Miles of Smiles EP in March of the same year.[9][10] Most tracks were recorded at the Water Music, Rare Book Room and DFA's Plantain studios in New York City. "Live Loop" is a live-recording from the 2001 Summer Tour 2001.[7] Both James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy assisted with the recording while Steve Revitte mixed the album.[7] Creature Comforts is Black Dice's last album to feature longtime drummer Hisham Bharoocha.[11] The song "Skeleton" was described as the centerpiece of the album.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]Dominique Leone of Pitchfork declared that the band had "delivered one of this year's most interesting records and proved that you don't have to be noisy to make beautiful noise".[4] Tiny Mix Tapes found the songs "well thought out and pleasant to listen to".[6] In contrast, The Village Voice called the album "directionless [and] confused about what precisely their aesthetic is".[12] Dusted Magazine noticed the variety of ideas but saw it as a positive, describing the album as a "very textural work, one that shifts in and out of its various ideas with the freedom of musique concrete".[13]
Track listing
[edit]- "Cloud Pleaser" – 1:43
- "Treetops" – 6:23
- "Island" – 1:13
- "Creature" – 8:54
- "Live Loop" – 1:28
- "Skeleton" – 15:25
- "Schwip Schwap" – 2:01
- "Night Flight" – 6:35
Personnel
[edit]Bjorn Copeland -guitars
Eric Copeland - vocals
Aaron Warren - bass
Hisham Bharoocha - drums
James Murphy - engineer
Tim Goldsworthy - engineer
Steve Revitte - engineer/mixer
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grow, Kory (2003). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly (123–124): 44. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Reviews for Creature Comforts by Black Dice - Metacritic". Metacritic.
- ^ Creature Comforts at AllMusic
- ^ a b c Leone, Dominique (June 20, 2004). "Black Dice: Creature Comforts". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Black Dice - Create Comforts". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b c "Black Dice - Creature Comforts". Discogs. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Black Dice - Creature Comforts (UK)". Discogs. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Black Dice - Miles Of Smiles". Discogs. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Black Dice - Three Imaginary Girls". Three Imaginary Girls. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ "Creature Comforts LP/CD". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Ellison, Tim (June 28, 2004). "The Village Voice: Music: Space Between Their Ears". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2004-07-03.
- ^ "Dusted Reviews: Black Dice - Creature Comforts". www.dustedmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.