Memoryhouse (album)

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Memoryhouse
Memoryhouse 2002 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 May 2002 (2002-05-27)
Recorded1999–2001
Genre
Length65:04
Label Late Junction
Producer Max Richter
Jane Carter (exec. producer)
Max Richter chronology
Memoryhouse
(2002)
The Blue Notebooks
(2004)
Alternative cover
Memoryhouse (Front Cover) (Reissue).png
2009 reissue cover

Memoryhouse is the 2002 debut album by neo-classical composer Max Richter. Originally released under the Late Junction label, the album was reissued by FatCat Records in 2009 and 2014 with alternative album artwork. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [3]

Memoryhouse received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Pitchfork Media gave the album a very positive review in a retrospective review for the 2014 reissue on FatCat. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Max Richter

No.TitleLength
1."Europe, after the Rain"6:13
2."Maria, the Poet (1913)"4:47
3."Laika's Journey"1:30
4."The Twins (Prague)"1:58
5."Sarajevo"4:03
6."Andras"2:42
7."Untitled (Figures)"3:27
8."Sketchbook"1:54
9."November"6:21
10."Jan's Notebook"2:41
11."Arbenita (11 Years)"7:04
12."Garden (1973)/Interior"3:24
13."Landscape with Figure (1922)"5:14
14."Fragment"1:26
15."Lines on a Page (One Hundred Violins)"1:22
16."Embers"3:38
17."Last Days"4:18
18."Quartet Fragment (1908)"3:02
Total length:65:04

Personnel

Main personnel
Additional personnel

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References

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