It's All Around You
| It's All Around You | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Soma Electronic Music Studios | ||||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:52 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
| Tortoise chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | favorable[3] |
| BBC Music | favorable[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[8] |
| The Village Voice |  [9] |
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
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."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Elmerson, Lincoln, & Palmieri" | 2:36 |
| 12. | "Deltitnu" | 5:49 |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US | 31 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] | 13 |
References
- ^ CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Bush, John. "It's All Around You - Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Battaglia, Andy (April 5, 2004). "Tortoise: Its All Around You". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Marsh, Peter (2004). "Tortoise - It's All Around You - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (April 1, 2004). "Tortoise, It's All Around You". The Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 7, 2004). "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ 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 (2004-05-05). "Anti-Gravitational Boots". The Village Voice.
- 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)
