Man Made Object

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Man Made Object
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Studio album by
Released5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
RecordedMay–August 2015
StudioGiant Wafer Studios (Powys, Wales) & 80 Hertz (Manchester) [1]
Genre Nu-Jazz [2]
Length47:50
61:57 (Deluxe)
Label Blue Note [3]
Producer Brendan Williams, Joseph Reiser & Kerstan Mackness
GoGo Penguin chronology
v2.0
(2014)
Man Made Object
(2016)
A Humdrum Star
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
All Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Man Made Object is the third album by jazz piano trio GoGo Penguin. It is their first of a three-album deal with the jazz label Blue Note. [3] [4] Chris Illingworth, the band's pianist, has explained that the title of the album is partly inspired by his fascination with ideas of robotics, transhumanism and human augmentation. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

In his review, John Fordham said in The Guardian that "It still feels like clubbing music, but plenty of house and techno fans might be surprised by how good at partying three closet-jazzers can be." [6] Marcus J. Moore said in Pitchfork that "Man Made Object is tailor-made for laid-back enjoyment, to be consumed at a moderate volume without much fuss." [7]

The album charted at number 72 on the UK Albums Chart in February 2016. [8]

Track listing

Blue Note – 0602547648341: [1]

All music is composed by GoGo Penguin

No.TitleLength
1."All Res"5:16
2."Unspeakable World"4:44
3."Branches Break"4:23
4."Weird Cat"5:39
5."Quiet Mind"4:24
6."Smarra"6:21
7."Initiate"4:47
8."GBFISYSIH"3:22
9."Surrender to Mountain"3:59
10."Protest"4:45
Total length:47:50
Man Made ObjectDeluxe Edition [9]
No.TitleLength
11."Unspeakable World" (Matthew Herbert's Onc Workout)6:00
12."Initiate" (Stray Remix)3:34
13."All Res" (Dabrye Remix)4:33
Total length:1:01:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 74
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 124
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 72
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [15] 10

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