High Places (album)

High Places
Studio album by High Places
Released	September 23, 2008
Genre	Psychedelic pop
Length	30:00
Label	Thrill Jockey
High Places chronology
03/07-09/07 (2008) High Places (2008) High Places vs. Mankind (2010)

High Places is the debut full-length from Brooklyn indie band High Places. The album was released September 23, 2008, by Thrill Jockey.

The track "From Stardust to Sentience" was listed as the 417th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
cokemachineglow	(favourable) [4]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10.0 [5]
PopMatters	7/10 [6]
Prefix Magazine	8.5/10.0 [7]
Spin	[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, High Places received an average score of 75 based on eleven reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". ^[2] AllMusic reviewer Tim Sendra said that the album was "hopefully the first of many impressive and inspiring records to come from the duo." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Storm" – 2:51
2. "You in Forty Years" – 1:33
3. "The Tree with the Lights in It" – 2:44
4. "Vision's the First..." – 3:41
5. "Gold Coin" – 3:52
6. "Papaya Year" – 1:43
7. "Namer" – 4:03
8. "Golden" – 2:05
9. "A Field Guide" – 3:59
10. "From Stardust to Sentience" – 3:35

References

1. Pitchfork Staff (August 17, 2009). "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork Media . Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
2. "Critic Reviews for High Places". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
3. Sendra, Tim. "High Places - High Places". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
4. Amenta, Conrad (September 8, 2008). "High Places: High Places". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
5. Richardson, Mark (September 24, 2008). "High Places: High Places". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
6. Fiander, Matthew (November 25, 2008). "High Places: High Places". PopMatters . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
7. Neyland, Nick (September 23, 2008). "Album Review: High Places - High Places". Prefix magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
8. Spin Staff (October 13, 2008). "High Places, 'High Places' (Thrill Jockey)". Spin . Retrieved January 16, 2015.
9. Constine, Josh. "High Places - High Places". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved January 16, 2015.