Silent Movies

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Silent Movies
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Studio album by
Marc Ribot
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Length60:32
Label Pi
Producer JD Foster
Marc Ribot chronology
Party Intellectuals
(2008)		Silent Movies
(2010)		 Your Turn
(2013)

Silent Movies are 13 solo guitar compositions by Marc Ribot released September 28, 2010 on Pi Recordings. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 87/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Boston Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 9/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [8]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]

[10] The album received universal acclaim, with Metacritic giving it a score of 87% from 7 reviews. [2] The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "For those interested in one of the more compelling and quietly provocative and graceful guitar records of 2010, Silent Movies is well worth seeking out". [3] PopMatters correspondent Will Layman said, "Marc Ribot really ought to have the opportunity to score films more often, because the results can be breathtaking". [6] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes observed, "he indulges the yearning melodic sensibility that hides hooks in even his noisiest recordings, and increasingly defines his playing". [7] Bob Gendron gave the album 3.5 stars in his review for DownBeat . [9] Gendron wrote, "Ribot’s use of space and quiet pauses complements the meditative progressions". [9]

Track listing

All compositions by Marc Ribot, aside from track 13 written by Hubert Giraud .

  1. "Variation 1" – 1:51
  2. "Delancey Waltz" – 3:18
  3. "Flicker" – 5:22
  4. "Empty" – 2:04
  5. "Natalia in E-Flat Major" – 5:16
  6. "Solaris" – 3:47
  7. "Requiem for a Revolution" – 5:31
  8. "Fat Man Blues" – 4:49
  9. "Bateau" – 4:59
  10. "Radio" – 4:05
  11. "Postcards from N.Y." – 8:31
  12. "The Kid" – 4:16
  13. "Sous le Ciel de Paris" – 6:46

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Pi Recordinds album entry accessed August 4, 2011
  2. 1 2 Metacritic summary, accessed February 11, 2014
  3. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ Drozdowski, Ted (November 2, 2010). "Marc Ribot - Silent Movies". The Boston Phoenix . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ Barton, Chris (September 30, 2010). "Album review: Marc Ribot's 'Silent Movies'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Layman, W., PopMatters Review, October 24, 2010
  7. 1 2 Hermes, W., Marc Ribot: Silent Movies Review, Rolling Stone, November 16, 2010
  8. ↑ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Marc Ribot". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Gendron, Bob (December 2010). "Silent Movies". DownBeat . 77 (12): 68.
  10. ↑ Flexi, John. "Click here" . Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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