Wilderness (Wilderness album)

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Wilderness
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 5, 2005
RecordedMay 2004June 2004
Genre Art rock
Label Jagjaguwar JAG088
Producer Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple
Wilderness chronology
Wilderness
(2005)
Vessel States
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [3]
PopMatters 8/10 [4]

Wilderness is the debut studio album by the art rock band Wilderness. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in May and June 2004 by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia.

Track listing

  1. "Marginal Over"
  2. "Arkless"
  3. "It's All the Same"
  4. "End Of Freedom"
  5. "Post Plethoric Rhetoric"
  6. "Fly Further To See"
  7. "Your Hands"
  8. "Shepherd in Sheeps Clothing"
  9. "Say Can You See"
  10. "Mirrored Palm"

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References

  1. Wilderness at Metacritic OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Wilson, MacKenzie. Wilderness at AllMusic
  3. Pitchfork Media review, 24 Jun 05
  4. "Wilderness: Wilderness, PopMatters". 7 August 2005.