Creature Comforts | ||||
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Released | June 22, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2001 & 2003 | |||
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Length | 43:46 | |||
Label | DFA | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100 [2] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) [4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [6] |
Creature Comforts is the second album by American experimental noise band Black Dice. It was released in June 2004 by DFA Records (USA) and Fat Cat Records (UK). [7] [8]
The album, according to Kory Grow of CMJ New Music Monthly , is "Black Dice's musique concrète take on animal noises, including replicated elephant sounds, duck calls and even sparrow chirps". [1]
The album was preceded by the Miles of Smiles EP in March of the same year. [9] [10] Most tracks were recorded at the Water Music, Rare Book Room and DFA's Plantain studios in New York City. "Live Loop" is a live-recording from the 2001 Summer Tour 2001. [7] Both James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy assisted with the recording while Steve Revitte mixed the album. [7] Creature Comforts is Black Dice's last album to feature longtime drummer Hisham Bharoocha. [11] The song "Skeleton" was described as the centerpiece of the album. [4]
Dominique Leone of Pitchfork declared that the band had "delivered one of this year's most interesting records and proved that you don't have to be noisy to make beautiful noise". [4] Tiny Mix Tapes found the songs "well thought out and pleasant to listen to". [6] In contrast, The Village Voice called the album "directionless [and] confused about what precisely their aesthetic is". [12] Dusted Magazine noticed the variety of ideas but saw it as a positive, describing the album as a "very textural work, one that shifts in and out of its various ideas with the freedom of musique concrete". [13]
Bjorn Copeland -guitars
Eric Copeland - vocals
Aaron Warren - bass
Hisham Bharoocha - drums
James Murphy - engineer
Tim Goldsworthy - engineer
Steve Revitte - engineer/mixer
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