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| Released | November 2011 | |||
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| Length | 57:08 | |||
| Label | Honest Jon's | |||
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Pinch &Shackleton is a collaborative studio album by English electronic musicians Pinch &Shackleton. It was released in November 2011, [2] through Honest Jon's. [3] It received universal acclaim from critics. [4]
The album was created in Berlin and Bristol. [5] In a 2012 interview,Pinch recalled,"A lot of synth work. There's nice analogue warmth to it. We use this thing called the Culture Vulture a fair bit –it's a pre amp with a lovely tone,really warms things up. A lot of it is synth-led,rather than sample-based,just us seeing what works,I guess." [5]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Beats Per Minute | 83% [6] |
| The Phoenix |   [7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [8] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.5/5 [9] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic ,Pinch &Shackleton received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 7 critic scores. [4]
Holly Dicker of Resident Advisor stated,"Percussive splay and mutative composition are the album's two greatest merits and maintain the momentum even in its most reductive moments like on 'Torn and Submerged' as it decomposes almost entirely into solitary drum and cymbal hits." [9] Rory Gibb of The Quietus praised "the compositional sophistication on display here." [10] He added,"Each track moves through several different iterations so subtly and skillfully it's easy for the transitions to pass a listener by." [10] Michael C. Walsh of The Phoenix commented that "This release functions as a fully realized product because it sounds like neither of their previous exports,with both artists scaling back on their hard-nosed tendencies." [7] Will Ryan of Beats Per Minute called the album "both artist's most accessible and perhaps best work." [6]
| Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| The Quietus | Quietus Albums of the Year 2011 | 17 | |
| Resident Advisor | Top 20 Albums of 2011 | 10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Cracks in the Pleasuredome" | 6:29 |
| 2. | "Jellybones" | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Torn and Submerged" | 6:30 |
| 4. | "Rooms Within a Room" | 5:21 |
| 5. | "Selfish Greedy Life" | 5:28 |
| 6. | "Burning Blood" | 7:11 |
| 7. | "Levitation" | 6:44 |
| 8. | "Monks on the Rum" / "Boracay Drift" | 14:03 |
| Total length: | 57:08 | |
"Boracay Drift" is not included on the vinyl version.
