Playthroughs (album)

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Playthroughs
Playthroughs KFW.jpg
"Jellyfish" cover accompanying the Kranky digital download edition
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)
Genre Ambient, minimal, drone
Length49:39
Label Kranky
Producer Keith Fullerton Whitman
Keith Fullerton Whitman chronology
21:30 for Acoustic Guitar...
(2001)
Playthroughs
(2002)
Dartmouth Street Underpass
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Pitchfork 9.7/10 [2]

Playthroughs is a studio album by American electronic musician Keith Fullerton Whitman, released on Kranky in 2002. It was recorded in analogue manner by using electric guitar and processing its sounds. [3]

Contents

Pitchfork gave the album a high rating of 9.7/10. They placed it at number 36 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2002" [4] and at number 85 on its list of "The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04". [5] Pitchfork also named "Playthroughs" 23rd best ambient album of all time in 2016. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Track3a (2waynice)"5:30
2."Feedback Zwei"10:01
3."Fib01a"8:01
4."SACGTR SVP"9:05
5."Modena"17:02

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References

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  2. Richardson, Mark (October 22, 2002). "Keith Fullerton Whitman: Playthroughs". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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