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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 29–December 5, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 50:03 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
| Producer | Tortoise | |||
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Tortoise is the debut studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. [1] It was released in 1994 via Thrill Jockey. It received positive reviews from critics.
By March 1998, Tortoise had sold 35,000 copies (8,000 LPs and 27,000 CDs). [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [5] |
| Melody Maker | [6] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Uncut | [8] |
Trouser Press noted that "the beckoning warmth of the gently shifting rhythms ... make it easy to forget that there's nary a whit of guitar and only the briefest whiff of standard-issue keyboards in play." [9] In his review for AllMusic, Glenn Swan writes that Tortoise "share equal responsibility and trust in each other, pouring out a thick stew of meditative grooves, light production experiments, and rusty guitar-string ambience -- the likes of which have rarely sounded so approachable, but this is not to say the album is a sellout leap into commercialism. There are a couple head scratchers and murky moments that fail to make much of an impact, but the quintet have spun such a rich web of mood and personality that any fall from grace barely changes altitude". [3]
All tracks are written by Tortoise (Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Magnet Pulls Through" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Night Air" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Ry Cooder" | 7:04 |
| 4. | "Onions Wrapped in Rubber" | 6:40 |
| 5. | "Tin Cans & Twine" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Spiderwebbed" | 8:33 |
| 7. | "His Second Story Island" | 2:41 |
| 8. | "On Noble" | 4:05 |
| 9. | "Flyrod" | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Cornpone Brunch" | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 50:03 | |
Credits for Tortoise adapted from album liner notes. [10]
Tortoise
Production
Artwork and design
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