Alpinisms | ||||
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Released | October 28, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | Indie Electronic, Dream pop, Shoegaze | |||
Label | Ghostly International/Vagrant Records | |||
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Metacritic | 70/100 link |
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BBC | favorable link |
Drowned in Sound | (8/10) link |
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Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) link |
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Alpinisms is the debut album by School of Seven Bells. It was originally released on October 28, 2008 through Ghostly International, and re-released on July 14, 2009 through Vagrant Records in the U.S. Vagrant also released the Deluxe Edition featuring 9 bonus tracks on October 13, 2009.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Iamundernodisguise" | 3:48 |
2. | "Face to Face on High Places" | 4:41 |
3. | "Half Asleep" | 4:21 |
4. | "Wired for Light" | 4:57 |
5. | "For Kalaja Mari" | 4:18 |
6. | "White Elephant Coat" | 4:18 |
7. | "Connjur" | 4:40 |
8. | "Sempiternal/Amaranth" | 11:26 |
9. | "Chain" | 4:22 |
10. | "Prince of Peace" | 3:06 |
11. | "My Cabal" | 5:09 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Trance Figure" | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "If I Had Glass Hands and Glass Feet" | 2:16 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Wired For Light" (Live Drum Version) | |
13. | "Half Asleep" (Alternate Version) | |
14. | "White Elephant Coat" (Early Demo Version) | |
15. | "Caldo" (Live On Stereogum's Decomposed) | |
16. | "Sempiternal" (Alternate Version) | |
17. | "Iamundernodisguise" (Vocal Mix I) | |
18. | "My Cabal" (Early Mix 07) | |
19. | "Connjur" (Alternate Version) | |
20. | "For Kalaja Mari" (Drum Outtake Mix) |
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