The Glass Bead Game (album)

Last updated

The Glass Bead Game
JamesBlackshawTheGlassBeadGame.jpg
Studio album by
James Blackshaw
ReleasedMay 26, 2009
RecordedNovember 2008
Genre Folk
Length49:31
Label Young God Records
James Blackshaw chronology
Litany of Echoes
(2008)		The Glass Bead Game
(2009)		All Is Falling
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Cokemachineglow 79% [3]
Fact 8/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 82% [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Glass Bead Game is the seventh studio album by James Blackshaw. It was released in the United States on May 26, 2009. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Cross" – 8:38
  2. "Bled" – 10:25
  3. "Fix" – 5:38
  4. "Key" – 6:02
  5. "Arc" – 18:48

References

  1. ↑ "The Glass Bead Game by James Blackshaw Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Review: The Glass Bead Game". Allmusic . Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Cassidy, Traviss (6 July 2009). "James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game :: Record Review". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Jahdi, Robin (23 June 2009). "James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game". Fact . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Poacher, Matt (17 June 2009). "James Blackshaw – The Glass Bead Game". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. ↑ The Glass Bead Game sees him broadening his palette to even greater effect. [Aug 2009, p.96]
  7. ↑ Tangari, Joe (29 May 2009). "James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  8. ↑ Fiander, Matthew (16 July 2009). "James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game < Reviews". PopMatters . Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  9. ↑ Beta, Andy (27 June 2009). "James Blackshaw, 'The Glass Bead Game' (Young God)". Spin . Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  10. ↑ parallelliott (2009). "James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  11. ↑ Blackshaw creates multiple orchestral effects with his instrument alone, each strum resounding like multiple windchimes. [Aug 2009, p.87]


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.