Sheath (album)
| Sheath | ||||
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| Studio album by LFO | ||||
| Released | 22 September 2003[1] | |||
| Genre | IDM, acid techno | |||
| Length | 46:47 | |||
| Label | Warp Records | |||
| Producer | Mark Bell | |||
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| Singles from Sheath | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| BBC Music | favorable[4] |
| Billboard | favorable[5] |
| The Observer | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[7] |
| Playlouder | [8] |
| Stylus Magazine | B[9] |
Sheath is the third studio album by British IDM project LFO. It was released on 22 September 2003 by Warp Records.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sheath received an average score of 73% based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and called Mark Bell "the most imaginative producer in British techno."[3] Dominique Leone of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, writing, "Bell's strength seems to reside in his softer sides that fools me into thinking his more extroverted outings are lacking."[7]
Paul Sullivan of BBC Music wrote, "the album manages to re-capture some of the original pioneering spirit that made Frequencies such a tour-de-force."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blown" | 6:02 |
| 2. | "Mum-Man" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Mokeylips" | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Snot" | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Moistly" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Unafraid to Linger" | 4:35 |
| 7. | "Sleepy Chicken" | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Freak" | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Mummy, I've Had an Accident..." | 5:02 |
| 10. | "Nevertheless" | 3:50 |
| 11. | "Premacy" | 3:22 |
References
- ↑ "WARP RECORDS | LFO | SHEATH | WARP110". Warp Records. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- 1 2 "Sheath by LFO". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Bush, John. "Sheath - LFO". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Sullivan, Paul (2003). "LFO - Sheath - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Klein, Joshua (3 September 2003). "LFO, "Sheath"". Billboard. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Reynolds, Simon (21 September 2003). "LFO, Sheath". The Observer. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 Leone, Dominique (12 November 2003). "LFO: Sheath". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Moffat, Iain (18 September 2003). "LFO: Sheath (2003)". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ D'Cruz, Matt (2 October 2003). "LFO - Sheath". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.