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Alt J an Awesome Wave Rolling Stone Review

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2012 studio album by alt-J

An Awesome Moving ridge
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave.png
Studio album by

alt-J
Released 25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)
Recorded 2009-2011
Studio Iguana Studio
(London, England)
Genre
  • Pop[1]
  • indie pop[ii]
  • folktronica[three]
  • art rock[4]
Length 48:42
Label Infectious
Producer Charlie Andrew, Mark Bishop
Alt-J chronology
Films EP
(2009) 		An Awesome Wave
(2012) 		This Is All Yours
(2014)
Singles from An Awesome Moving ridge
  1. "Bloodflood/Tessellate"
    Released: 13 October 2011
  2. "Matilda"
    Released: 24 February 2012
  3. "Breezeblocks"
    Released: 18 May 2012
  4. "Tessellate"
    Released: xiii July 2012
  5. "Something Good"
    Released: 28 September 2012
  6. "Fitzpleasure"
    Released: eighteen May 2012
  7. "Dissolve Me"
    Released: 22 March 2013

An Awesome Wave is the debut album by English indie rock ring alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 through Infectious. The album includes the singles "Matilda"/"Fitzpleasure", "Breezeblocks" and "Tessellate". It peaked at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart, and also charted in Kingdom of belgium, France, Netherlands and Switzerland. An Awesome Wave won the 2012 British Barclaycard Mercury Prize, and in 2013 was named Album of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards. The title is a reference to a quote from the 2000 American-Canadian film American Psycho.

Artwork [edit]

The album artwork for An Awesome Wave is a multi-layered radar image of the Ganges river delta in People's republic of bangladesh and India.[v] The image in each of the 3 layers was acquired by the European Space Agency'southward Envisat Earth-observing satellite, taken separately on xx January 24 February and 31 March 2009. The overlaid prototype, titled Ganges' Dazzling Delta,[six] exposes a multitude of colours arising from the variations in background radiations occurring between the three acquisition times.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10[8]
Metacritic 71/100[9]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [4]
The A.Five. Club C[10]
The Irish Times [one]
MSN Music (Expert Witness) B+[11]
The New Zealand Herald [12]
NME 8/x[two]
Pitchfork iv.eight/10[13]
PopMatters viii/10[14]
Q [15]
Rolling Stone [xvi]

An Awesome Wave received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 20 reviews, which indicates "by and large favorable reviews".[9] Jenny Stevens of NME felt that "the charm of Alt-J's musical scatterbrain is that it works", describing the anthology every bit "on the surface... smart alt-pop" while noting that the band "have messed with the formula just enough to make this a brilliantly disquieting debut" and that "in refusing to submit to the rigours of a genre, they might just accept made themselves masters of their own."[2] Andy Baber of musicOMH praised the band'southward power to mix different musical styles and instruments on the album without coming off equally forced or over-complicated.[17] Similarly, BBC Music's Jen Long wrote that An Awesome Moving ridge "spans every workable idea, genre, and influence that can be crammed under the guitar music umbrella, however information technology never feels disorientating" and called it an "entirely comprehendible and accessible drove of cute pop songs."[18]

Ruth Singleton of Drowned in Sound described An Crawly Moving ridge as "a beautifully rounded, awesome debut album" and said that "whatever Alt-J were aiming for with their debut album, they take managed to prove their value every bit talented musicians, literary enthusiasts and imagery aficionados."[19] Joe Zadeh of Clash praised the band as "young, yet somehow void of naivety."[20] Jon O'Brien of AllMusic felt that the anthology was "occasionally guilty of pretentiousness", but that its "eclectic arrays of sound are woven together in a manner so effortlessly that the results never feel forced or contrived."[four] In a more negative assessment, Mojo felt that the band "aim for 'cryptic experimental pop' but hitting 'pompous whimsy'" and that "the whole album is uncertain and unconvincing".[21] Laura Snapes of Pitchfork referred to the songs equally "draining, elongated MOR tunes".[13]

Commercial performance [edit]

An Awesome Wave entered the UK Albums Chart at number 19 on sales of 6,720 copies.[22] After winning the Mercury Prize, the album reached a new top position of number thirteen, selling xiii,527 copies.[23] On 2 August 2013, the anthology was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), cogent shipments in excess of 300,000 units in the UK.[24]

In Canada, the album debuted at number thirty on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 1,800 copies.[25]

An Awesome Wave first charted in America on 6 October 2012, initially entering at #134. On 4 May 2013, seven months afterward, An Awesome Moving ridge achieved its elevation position of #80.

Track listing [edit]

All tracks are written past Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury and Thom Light-green.

No. Title Length
1. "Intro" 2:37
ii. "❦" (The Ripe & Ruin) ane:12
3. "Tessellate" 3:02
4. "Breezeblocks" 3:47
5. "❦" (Guitar) 1:17
6. "Something Good" 3:38
7. "Dissolve Me" 4:00
eight. "Matilda" three:48
nine. "Ms" three:58
10. "Fitzpleasure" 3:39
11. "❦" (Piano) 0:53
12. "Bloodflood" 4:09
13. "Taro" ("Taro" ends at 5:04; hidden rails "Paw-Fabricated" starts at ten:04 following 5:00 of silence) 12:41

On CD, "Hand-Made" is on the same track as "Taro", separated past several minutes of silence. It is non on the vinyl, however is included as a hidden track inside "Taro" when downloaded with the included download code.

iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[26]
No. Title Length
15. "Breezeblocks" (Alt-J vs. NOC// Mix) three:06
sixteen. "Breezeblocks" (B-JU Remix) 3:59
17. "Breezeblocks" (Rockdaworld Remix) 4:41
xviii. "Breezeblocks" (Submerse Remix) 5:06
19. "Breezeblocks" (Tom Vek'due south SFX Remix) five:18
xx. "Fitzpleasure" (bretonLABS Remix) 4.23
21. "Fitzpleasure" (Dave Sitek Remix) iii:xviii
22. "Fitzpleasure" (Jim James 'Apple C' Remix) 4:xx
23. "Fitzpleasure" (The Internet of Odd Future Remix) four:xxx
24. "Matilda" (Ghostpoet 'Gang Panang Adlit' Remix) iii:49
25. "Something Skilful" (BlackBox Remix) 6:29
26. "Something Good" (Fort Romeau Remix) 4:36
27. "Something Good" (The Invisible BMC Remix) v:08
28. "Something Good" (Tong & Rogers Remix) eight:22
29. "Tessellate" (Anstam Remix) three:58
30. "Tessellate" (Ben De Vries Remix) 4:06
31. "Tessellate" (BlackBox Remix) 5:55
32. "Tessellate" (Broadbandits Afro Mix) 5:27
33. "Tessellate" (Dam Mantle Remix) six:17
34. "Tessellate" (Marlais Remix) three:53
35. "Fitzpleasure" (Live from the Africa Centre fourteen.04.12) 4:03
36. "Taro" (Live from the Africa Eye xiv.04.12) iv:23
37. "Tessellate" (Alive from the Africa Centre 14.04.12) 4:26
38. "Bloodflood" (SARM Acoustic Version) iii:33
39. "Matilda" (SARM Audio-visual Version) 3:59
xl. "Something Good" (SARM Audio-visual Version) 3:39
41. "Tessellate" (SARM Audio-visual Version) three:02
42. "Breezeblocks" (music video) 3:47
43. "Tessellate" (music video) iii:01
44. "Something Good" (music video) 3:39

Personnel [edit]

Credits for adjusted from the liner notes of An Crawly Wave.[27]

  • Charlie Andrew – product
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Mark Bishop – product ("Hand-Fabricated")
  • European Space Agency – cover photo provider
  • Rachael Lander – cello ("Taro")
  • Kirsty Mangan – string arrangements (all tracks); violin ("Tessellate", "Taro")
  • St Ronan's Chamber Choir – additional vocals ("Bloodflood", "Taro")

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

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