TNT (Tortoise album)
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| Studio album by Tortoise | ||||
| Released | March 10, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | November 1996–November 1997 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 64:48 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
| Producer | John McEntire | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| NME | 4/10[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
| Uncut | [6] |
TNT is the third album by American post-rock band Tortoise. The cover art is simply a doodle made by a band member on a CD-R cover insert during the recording sessions.
"Jetty" is an alternate version of 1997 song "La Jetée" by Tortoise's jazzier sister group, Isotope 217. (Both songs took their name from landmark experimental film La jetée.)
The track "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men" takes its title from a similarly titled work from Robert Ashley recorded in 1972.[7]
Track listing
- "TNT" – 7:33
- "Swung from the Gutters" – 5:52
- "Ten-Day Interval" – 4:44
- "I Set My Face to the Hillside" – 6:08
- "The Equator" – 3:42
- "A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work" – 3:33
- "The Suspension Bridge at Iguazú Falls" – 5:38
- "Four-Day Interval" – 4:45
- "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men" – 7:29
- "Almost Always Is Nearly Enough" – 2:42
- "Jetty" – 8:21
- "Everglade" – 4:21
Personnel
- Tortoise [8]
- Dan Bitney - performer, programming
- David Pajo - performer
- Douglas McCombs - performer
- Jeff Parker - performer
- John Herndon - performer, programming
- John McEntire - performer, recording engineer, editing, mixing
- Additional personnel
- Caitlin Hormson - bassoon
- Popahna Brandes - cello
- Rob Mazurek - cornet
- Sara P. Smith - trombone
- Julie Liu - violin
- Roger Seibel - mastering
- Sheila Sachs - layout assistance
- Tortoise - sleeve design
References
- ↑ Bush, John. "TNT – Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
- ↑ Oldham, James (March 7, 1998). "Tortoise – TNT". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Tortoise: TNT". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 3, 1999. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ↑ Ratliff, Ben (March 23, 1998). "Tortoise: TNT". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Tortoise – TNT CD". CD Universe. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ↑ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. "Robert Ashley - In Sara Mencken Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ↑ "Tortoise – TNT". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
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