Enclosure (John Frusciante album)

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Enclosure
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2014
Recorded2012–2013
Genre Synth-pop, lo-fi, experimental rock
Length37:37
48:41 (Japanese release)
Label Record Collection
Producer John Frusciante
John Frusciante chronology
Outsides
(2013)
Enclosure
(2014)
Trickfinger
(2015)

Enclosure is the tenth studio album by American musician John Frusciante, released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on Record Collection. [1] [2]

Contents

On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during The Empyrean sessions, available through his website as a free download. [3]

On March 19, 2018, Frusciante uploaded a version of "Scratch", "(vocal Fx Mix)", to SoundCloud.

Background

Frusciante said of the album, "Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX ." [4]

Release in space

On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by Record Collection as Sat-JF14 and launched to an altitude of 10,000 ft aboard an Interorbital Systems NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.

Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 10,000 ft or 3,048 meters before safely falling to the ground for recovery [5] ). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device. [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 55/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Classic Rock 6/10 [10]
Consequence of Sound C− [11]
Magnet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
No Ripcord6/10 [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Frusciante.

No.TitleLength
1."Shining Desert"4:46
2."Sleep"4:23
3."Run"2:15
4."Stage"3:09
5."Fanfare"4:50
6."Cinch"6:25
7."Zone"4:07
8."Crowded"3:47
9."Excuses"3:53
Total length:37:37
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Vesiou"4:18
11."Scratch"6:26
Total length:48:41

Personnel

Musicians

Recording personnel

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Enclosure
ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 112
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17] 16

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