| In an Expression of the Inexpressible | ||||
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| Released | September 8, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February 1998 | |||
| Studio | Jolly Roger (Hoboken, New Jersey) | |||
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| Length | 42:48 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go | |||
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In an Expression of the Inexpressible is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released on September 8, 1998, by Touch and Go Records. [3] [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| NME | 7/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.5/10 [7] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [2] |
Reviewing In an Expression of the Inexpressible for NME in 1998, Kitty Empire praised Blonde Redhead's music as "a noble enterprise, fraught with detuned Sonic Youth guitars and scything hardcore fury." [6] AllMusic critic Matthew Hilburn attributed the album's "fuller and more polished" sound to Guy Picciotto and John Goodmanson's production and commented that Blonde Redhead has "never sounded quite as good", despite expressing mild reservations about the band's vocal and guitar performances. [5] Nick Mirov of Pitchfork was less enthusiastic, writing that the band strives for "laid-back tension and moody sexiness" but instead sounds "lethargic and unengaging." [7]
In 2018, In an Expression of the Inexpressible was listed as the 46th best album of 1998 by Pitchfork. [8] In an accompanying essay, Pitchfork writer Claire Lobenfeld noted the album's shift away from the grittier sound of earlier Blonde Redhead recordings, and toward "a more romantic and uncharacteristically lustrous version of the Sonic Youth mimesis of their first three albums." [8]
All tracks are written by Blonde Redhead (Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace), except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Luv Machine" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "10" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Distilled" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Missile ++" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Futurism vs. Passéism Part 2" | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Speed × Distance = Time" | 3:54 |
| 7. | "In an Expression of the Inexpressible" | 6:09 |
| 8. | "Suimasen" (すいません) | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Led Zep" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "This Is for Me and I Know Everyone Knows" | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Justin Joyous" | 2:53 |
| Total length: | 42:48 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Slogan" | Serge Gainsbourg | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Limited Conversation" | 3:49 | |
| Total length: | 50:31 | ||
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]
Blonde Redhead
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