Venice (Fennesz album)

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Venice
Fennesz-Venice cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released23 March 2004 (2004-03-23)
RecordedJuly 2003; January–February 2004
Studio
Length49:06
Label Touch
Fennesz chronology
Endless Summer
(2001)
Venice
(2004)
Black Sea
(2008)

Venice is a studio album by Austrian electronic music producer and guitarist Fennesz, released on 23 March 2004 on Touch. A 10th anniversary edition was released in 2014, adding one track ("The Future Will Be Different") to the beginning and another track ("Tree") to the end of the track listing.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [4]
Stylus Magazine B+ [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 [6]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Venice received an average score of 82 based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]

Pitchfork named Venice the 21st best album of 2004. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rivers of Sand"4:42
2."Château Rouge"6:40
3."City of Light"6:34
4."Onsra"0:20
5."Circassian"5:49
6."Onsay"1:08
7."The Other Face"3:25
8."Transit"4:59
9."The Point of It All"5:01
10."Laguna"2:56
11."Asusu"0:55
12."The Stone of Impermanence"6:37
Total length:49:06
2014 reissue
No.TitleLength
1."The Future Will Be Different"1:15
2."Rivers of Sand"4:42
3."Château Rouge"6:40
4."City of Light"6:34
5."Onsra"0:20
6."Circassian"5:49
7."Onsay"1:08
8."The Other Face"3:25
9."Transit"4:59
10."The Point of It All"5:01
11."Laguna"2:56
12."Asusu"0:55
13."The Stone of Impermanence"6:37
14."Tree"3:22
Total length:53:43

Personnel

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