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| Released | 12 November 2001 | |||
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| Length | 46:09 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
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Cold House is the fifth studio album by English post-rock band Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 12 November 2001. [5] Three tracks feature vocal contributions from Doseone and Why?, two-thirds of the hip hop group Clouddead. [6] "You Show No Emotion at All" was released as a single from the album. [7]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 87/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Alternative Press | 9/10 [9] |
| The Guardian |  [10] |
| Muzik | 3/5 [11] |
| NME | 8/10 [12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [13] |
| Q | [14] |
| Spin | 8/10 [15] |
| Stylus Magazine | B+ [16] |
| Uncut | [17] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cold House received an average score of 87, based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [8]
Bradley Torreano of AllMusic described the album as "the next step toward the icy-cold future of alternative rock that Kid A forecasted". [3] Philip Sherburne of Cleveland Scene called it "not only one of the most melancholy records of late, but also a triumph of musical gene splicing, drawing together folk-flavored indie rock and the skittering beats of experimental electronica". [18] Nathan Rooney of Pitchfork commented that "with Cold House, Hood seem to have finally stumbled into a sound all their own". [13]
In 2016, Fact ranked Cold House at number 14 on its list of the best post-rock albums of all time, [1] while Paste ranked it as the 44th best post-rock album. [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here" | 5:20 |
| 2. | "You Show No Emotion at All" | 5:13 |
| 3. | "Branches Bare" | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Enemy of Time" | 3:22 |
| 5. | "The Winter Hit Hard" | 5:42 |
| 6. | "I Can't Find My Brittle Youth" | 3:11 |
| 7. | "This Is What We Do to Sell Out(s)" | 3:05 |
| 8. | "The River Curls Around the Town" | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Lines Low to Frozen Ground" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "You're Worth the Whole World" | 5:43 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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