Amber (Autechre album)
Amber | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 November 1994 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 74:27 | |||
Label | Warp WARP25 | |||
Producer | Autechre | |||
Autechre chronology | ||||
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Amber is the second
Production and style
Unlike Incunabula, which was part of Warp's Artificial Intelligence series of albums and predominantly a compilation of older material,[3][4] Amber was described by Autechre member Rob Brown as "genuinely the first album we put out on Warp".[3] Designed by Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic, the cover art is a detail of a panoramic photograph of sandstone cliffs in Cappadocia, Turkey, taken by landscape photographer Nick Meers.[5][6]
Release
Amber was first released by Warp on 7 November 1994 on
The album has subsequently been reissued in all major formats, including digital download.[9] Warp notably reissued Autechre's first three albums—Incunabula, Amber and Tri Repetae—on vinyl on 11 November 2016.[2]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [12] |
Pitchfork | 7.9/10[1] |
Record Collector | [13] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [14] |
Select | 4/5[7] |
Select's Gareth Grundy rated the album four out of five, describing Autechre as "out on the fringes, having a good rummage for the weird and beautiful," and stating that the album was not "goalless experimentation. There's plenty of melody on board, it's just that it creeps up on you from behind."[7] CMJ writer Heidi MacDonald noted that Autechre's more rhythmic music, such as "Glitch" and "Piezo," is "almost hypnotically listenable" but that slower tracks were "dangerously close to new age".[8] Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the album a four-and-a-half star rating out of five, and compared the album to Incunabula, opining that "a couple of tracks could be removed with no problem, while tracks like "Montreal" and "Slip" continue the basic Incunabula formula without noticeable change."[11] Raggett concluded that "things are clearly starting to gel a little more here than on previous releases; the great leap forward becomes all the more logical in retrospect."[11]
In 2008, Rob Brown described listening to Incunabula and Amber again, and commented on "how cheesy they were, and how contrasted our newer ideas are."[15] Brown clarified his statement in 2013, explaining that the comment "was easily misinterpreted" and that he simply intended to say that the earlier albums "were perhaps more simple [than their more recent work], but not in a shit way."[16]
In
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Robert Brown
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Foil" | 6:04 |
2. | "Montreal" | 7:15 |
3. | "Silverside" | 5:31 |
4. | "Slip" | 6:21 |
5. | "Glitch" | 6:15 |
6. | "Piezo" | 8:00 |
7. | "Nine" | 3:40 |
8. | "Further" | 10:07 |
9. | "Yulquen" | 6:37 |
10. | "Nil" | 7:48 |
11. | "Teartear" | 6:45 |
Total length: | 74:27 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Amber.[18]
- Autechre – production
- The Designers Republic – design
Charts
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[19] | 81 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Beta, Andy (21 November 2016). "Autechre: Incunabula / Amber / Tri Repetae". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ a b Bowe, Miles (22 September 2016). "Autechre reissue classic early albums, embark on massive European tour". Fact. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Autechre Q&A". Collective. 15 April 2005. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Kalev, Maya (2 September 2013). "The Essential... Autechre". Fact. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ ""Panoramics"". nickmeers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Palladev, George (9 February 2018). "Autechre – Amber. Short story behind the artwork". 12edit. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Grundy, Gareth (December 1994). "Autechre: Amber". Select. No. 54. p. 89.
- ^ ISSN 1074-6978. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Autechre: Amber". Discogs. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Amber – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Amber – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ d foist (Christmas 2016). "Autechre – Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae". Record Collector. No. 461. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Richardson, Mark (18 February 2008). "Autechre". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Booth, Sean (4 November 2013). "AAA – Ask Autechre Anything – Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 48". We Are the Music Makers. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 January 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Amber (Liner notes). Autechre. Warp. 1994.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 August 2019.