This Is Our Music | ||||
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Released | September 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Studio | Noise New York | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 45:45 | |||
Label | Rough Trade | |||
Producer | Mark Kramer | |||
Galaxie 500 chronology | ||||
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Singles from This Is Our Music | ||||
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This Is Our Music is the third and final studio album by American indie rock band Galaxie 500, released in 1990 on Rough Trade Records.
The title This Is Our Music was derived from the 1961 album of the same name by Ornette Coleman. [1] [2]
In 2010, the album was re-issued and peaked at number 18 on the UK Independent Album Breakers Chart. [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Chicago Tribune | [5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
NME | 7/10 [8] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [9] |
Record Collector | [10] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
Select | 5/5 [12] |
The Village Voice | B− [13] |
Select critic Andrew Perry lauded This Is Our Music as a progression from Galaxie 500's previous work, noting its "more brilliant, inspirationally unsophisticated melodies ... allied to an instrumental audacity that is entirely new", and concluded that "Galaxie 500's music is still rooted in the minimalist confines of their soft songs ... but it has come of age." [12] Stephen Dalton of NME , while finding certain songs to be overlong, complimented the album's "artful" music and "quiet humour". [8]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Ned Raggett called This Is Our Music "arguably the band's most accomplished" album and highlighted the band members' individual performances: "Somehow ... everyone aims higher, Wareham's singing among his finest and his guitar going for the truly epic more than once, Krukowski and Yang even more perfectly in sync than before, often being very bold without losing their intrinsic warmth." [4]
All tracks are written by Galaxie 500, except as noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fourth of July" | 5:35 | |
2. | "Hearing Voices" | 3:34 | |
3. | "Spook" | 4:35 | |
4. | "Summertime" | 5:59 | |
5. | "Way Up High" | 4:03 | |
6. | "Listen, the Snow Is Falling" | Yoko Ono | 7:48 |
7. | "Sorry" | 4:15 | |
8. | "Melt Away" | 4:35 | |
9. | "King of Spain, Pt. 2" | 5:07 | |
Total length: | 45:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Here She Comes Now" | Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison | 5:58 |
Total length: | 51:52 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Galaxie 500
Additional personnel
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC) [3] | 18 |
Year | Label | Format | Region |
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1990 | Rough Trade | LP, CD, cassette | UK |
1990 | Rough Trade US | CD | US |
1997 | Rykodisc | CD | US |
2010 | 20/20/20 | LP | US |
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