Baselines (album)

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Baselines
Bill Laswell - Baselines.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 1983 (1983-06-14)
RecordedMarch, 1982 at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Jazz-funk, dub
Length33:16
Label Elektra
Producer Material
Bill Laswell chronology
Baselines
(1983)
Low Life
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [5]

Baselines is the debut album of American composer Bill Laswell. [6] [7] It was released on June 14, 1983, by Elektra Records. [8] [9]

Contents

Critical reception

The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that the album "has no trouble conjuring up strong pop-inflected atmospheres." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Activate" Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell 3:20
2."Work Song"Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, George Lewis 7:11
3."Hindsight" Martin Bisi, Bill Laswell3:54
4."Uprising"Bill Laswell1:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Barricade"Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, George Lewis4:06
2."Upright Man"Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell3:50
3."Moving Target"Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell1:51
4."Lowlands"Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell4:24
5."Conservation"Bill Laswell4:51

Personnel

Adapted from the Baselines liner notes. [10]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1983 Elektra LP, CS 60221
United States1983 Celluloid New York LPCEL NY 6005
United States1984 Celluloid CD CELCD 5505
United Kingdom1984 Rough Trade LPROUGH 51
Portugal1997 Charly CDCPCD 8284

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  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 660.
  5. 1 2 Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 242.
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  10. Baselines (sleeve). Bill Laswell. New York City, New York: Elektra Records. 1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)