Tragedy (Julia Holter album)

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Tragedy
Julia Holter - Tragedy.jpg
Studio album by
Julia Holter
ReleasedAugust 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)
Genre
Length51:15
Label Night School Records [1]
Producer Julia Holter
Julia Holter chronology
Tragedy
(2011)		 Ekstasis
(2012)

Tragedy is the debut studio album by the American musician Julia Holter, released by Leaving Records on August 30, 2011. [2] Pitchfork wrote that Tragedy was Holter's "first LP... [which] calls to mind the arty, austere work of Laurie Anderson, Grouper, and Meredith Monk". [3]

Contents

The album is inspired by Hippolytus , a play by Euripides. [4] Holter recorded Tragedy with electronic instrumentation, largely out of necessity, since she lacked the funds to hire session musicians. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The List Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8/10 [3]

Tragedy was received positively by music critics, who cited Holter as an innovative avant-garde electronic artist. [5] Mike Powell, reviewing the album for Pitchfork, wrote that "Holter has made a dreamy, intense album that aligns with a variety of traditions but, like a lot of great contemporary music, synthesizes them in novel or at least artful ways". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction"3:08
2."Try to Make Yourself a Work of Art"6:55
3."The Falling Age"9:14
4."Goddess Eyes"3:25
5."Interlude"2:26
6."Celebration"9:49
7."So Lillies"7:19
8."Tragedy Finale"8:05
Total length:51:15

References

  1. ↑ "Night School - LSS008: JULIA HOLTER - 'Tragedy' CD". Night School Records. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Allmusic biography of Julia Holter", AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Mike Powell (2011) "Tragedy - Julia Holter" Pitchfork, October 19, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ Welsh, Margaret (September 26, 2012). "Julia Holter gets comfortable with working together". Pittsburgh City Paper . Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Logan Austin (2016) "Julia Holter: Have You in My Wilderness", PopMatters , February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Julia Holter - Tragedy". April 18, 2012.


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