The Inheritors (album)

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The Inheritors
The Inheritors Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released24 June 2013 (2013-06-24)
Genre
Length75:33
Label Border Community
Producer James Holden
James Holden chronology
The Idiots Are Winning
(2006)
The Inheritors
(2013)
The Animal Spirits
(2017)

The Inheritors is the second studio album by British electronic music producer James Holden, released on 24 June 2013 by Border Community.

Contents

Holden had not intended to perform live, but he put together a live show after Thom Yorke requested he support on a North American tour with Atoms for Peace. He recruited drummer Tom Page (of experimental electronic duo Rocketnumbernine and The Memory Band) and has worked with him ever since. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [2]
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 9/10 [4]
Fact 4/5 [5]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mixmag 4/5 [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [10]
Resident Advisor 4.5/5 [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]
XLR8R 8/10 [13]

Many critics noted a stylistic departure from Holden's debut and praised his innovations within electronic music. The Quietus wrote, "If Holden was already starting to push the boundaries on his debut, The Inheritors is techno music not so much fragmented as smashed into tiny pieces; rocks ground into sand and cast into the ether." [14] Derek Miller of Resident Advisor portrayed the music on the album as experimental. [11]

The Inheritors was named Resident Advisor 's album of the year [15] and featured on several other year-end lists, including those of The Quietus , [16] The Wire ,[ citation needed ] Drowned in Sound [17] and Bleep.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Holden, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Rannoch Dawn"4:24
2."||: A Circle Inside A Circle Inside :||"6:09
3."Renata"5:56
4."The Caterpillar's Intervention" (featuring Etienne Jaumet of Zombie Zombie on saxophone; writers: Holden, Jaumet)4:03
5."Sky Burial"4:26
6."The Illuminations"3:12
7."Inter-City 125"5:29
8."Delabole"3:43
9."Seven Stars"5:49
10."Gone Feral"6:22
11."The Inheritors"4:53
12."Circle of Fifths"3:02
13."Some Respite"4:30
14."Blackpool Late Eighties"8:38
15."Self-Playing Schmaltz"4:47

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