High Water (El-P album)

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High Water
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Studio album by
El-P featuring The Blue Series Continuum
ReleasedMarch 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)
Genre Electronic, jazz fusion
Length44:06
Label Thirsty Ear
Producer El-P
El-P chronology
Fantastic Damage
(2002)		High Water
(2004)		 Collecting the Kid
(2004)

High Water is a collaborative studio album by El-P featuring The Blue Series Continuum. It was released through Thirsty Ear Recordings on March 9, 2004. [1] It peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
BBC unfavorable [5]
Dusted Magazineunfavorable [6]
JazzTimes favorable [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]
PopMatters favorable [1]
The Village Voice A− [9]

High Water was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71 based on 9 reviews. [3]

Reviewing for The Village Voice in September 2004, Tom Hull said this album "shows more meat" than the previous two Blue Series Continuum albums, "probably because El-P carves what the band gives him rather than smothering it in sauce." [9] Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "In sum, it's a moody and haunting record with a few highs, a few lows, and lots of shades of blue to make your way through." [4] David Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, saying, "El-P's edits and subtle production work strengthens the ensemble's more indulgent moments." [8] He added, "El-P sometimes seems reluctant to interfere with the ensemble's improvisation, which is a shame considering that the album's strongest tracks show him taking the reins from individual players." [8] Meanwhile, Stefan Braidwood of PopMatters said, "El-P has now proven beyond all doubt that he merits a further word in his description, and that word is: genius." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Please Stay (Yesterday)"2:37
2."Sunrise Over Bklyn"10:33
3."Get Your Hand Off My Shoulder, Pig"6:34
4."Get Modal"5:06
5."Intrigue in the House of India"6:33
6."Something Is Wrong"4:09
7."When the Moon Was Blue"6:42
8."Please Leave (Yesterday)"1:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [2] 46

References

  1. 1 2 3 Braidwood, Stefan (April 30, 2004). "EL-P: High Water". PopMatters . Archived from the original on February 10, 2005. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "El-P: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "High Water (Mark) by El-P". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "High Water - El-P". AllMusic . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Marsh, Peter (2004). "El-p High Water Review". BBC . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bivins, Jason (March 10, 2004). "El-P - High Water". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Segal, Dave (June 1, 2004). "El-P: High Water (Mark)". JazzTimes . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 Moore, David (October 31, 2014). "El-P: High Water / Collecting the Kid". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice . Retrieved June 25, 2020– via tomhull.com.
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