Virgins (Tim Hecker album)

Virgins
Studio album by Tim Hecker
Released October 14, 2013
Recorded 2012, mostly in Reykjavík, Montreal, and Seattle[1]
Genre Ambient, drone
Length 48:46
Label Kranky, Paper Bag Records
Tim Hecker chronology

Ravedeath, 1972
(2011)		 Virgins
(2013)

Virgins is Tim Hecker's seventh full-length studio album, released on October 14, 2013 by Kranky and Paper Bag Records.[1][2] The album features contributions of Kara-Lis Coverdale.[3]

Critical reception

Virgins received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 87, based on 25 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim", and becoming Hecker's highest scoring album on the site. [4]

The album is a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 87/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10[7]
Clash 8/10[8]
Consequence of Sound [9]
Exclaim! 7/10[10]
NME 8/10[11]
Pitchfork Media 8.3/10[12]
Resident Advisor 4/5[13]
Spin 9/10[14]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Hecker. 

No. Title Length
1. "Prism"   2:53
2. "Virginal I"   6:16
3. "Radiance"   3:22
4. "Live Room"   7:02
5. "Live Room Out"   2:37
6. "Virginal II"   5:23
7. "Black Refraction"   3:33
8. "Incense at Abu Ghraib"   1:53
9. "Amps, Drugs, Harmonium"   3:03
10. "Stigmata I"   2:18
11. "Stigmata II"   3:56
12. "Stab Variation"   6:30
Total length:
 48:46

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "KRANK183 - Tim Hecker "Virgins"". Kranky. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tim Hecker Announces New Album "Virgins"". Paper Bag Records. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kara-Lis Coverdale" Kia Pouliot, 'Kara-Lis Coverdale talks MTL music scene, working with Tim Hecker' The McGill Tribune, February 11, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Critic Reviews for Virgin". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list". Aux, June 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Virgins - Tim Hecker". Allmusic. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ Tudor, Alexander (October 8, 2013). "Tim Hecker - Virgins". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Anna (October 11, 2013). "Tim Hecker - Virgins". Clash. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ Kivel, Adam (Oct 21, 2013). "Album Review: Tim Hecker - Virgins". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Oct 21, 2013.
  10. ↑ Pollard, Vincent (October 15, 2013). "Tim Hecker - Virgins". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ Gardner, Noel (October 14, 2013). "Tim Hecker - 'Virgins'". NME. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ Powell, Mike (October 15, 2013). "Tim Hecker: Virgins". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  13. ↑ Maleney, Ian (October 14, 2013). "RA Reviews: Tim Hecker - Virgins (Album)". Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. ↑ Sherbourne, Philip (October 15, 2013). "Tim Hecker, 'Virgins' Review". Spin. Retrieved October 18, 2013.