The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Studio album by Stars of the Lid
Released October 29, 2001 (2001-10-29)
Genre Ambient, minimalist, drone
Length 123:54
Label Kranky
Producer Brian McBride, Adam Wiltzie
Stars of the Lid chronology
Avec Laudenum
(1999)Avec Laudenum1999		 The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
(2001)		 Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
(2007)Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media(8.6/10.0) [2]
Sputnikmusic [3]
Stylus Magazine(A-) [4]

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid is the sixth studio LP by ambient drone music group Stars of the Lid. It was released in late 2001 on the Kranky label, on two CDs and three LPs. The album features long minimal, droning compositions created from heavily treated guitar, horn, flute, piano, and other classical instruments. The second track, "Requiem For Dying Mothers, part 2", features a sample from the final scene of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker, where the character Monkey pushes a glass across a table by way of telekinesis as a dog whines and a train whistle blows in the distance.[5] The third track, "Down 3", contains a sample from the soundtrack to John Frankenheimer's 1966 film Seconds.[6]

Critical reaction

The album was generally praised by critics. Thom Jurek, writing for Allmusic, stated:

The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid at number 187 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[8] Pitchfork Media also ranked the album number 6 on The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time list.[9]

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Requiem for Dying Mothers, part 1" – 6:36
  2. "Requiem for Dying Mothers, part 2" – 7:37
  3. "Down 3" – 5:46
  4. "Austin Texas Mental Hospital, part 1" – 2:48
  5. "Austin Texas Mental Hospital, part 2" – 12:18
  6. "Austin Texas Mental Hospital, part 3" – 5:47
  7. "Broken Harbors, part 1" – 3:31
  8. "Broken Harbors, part 2" – 6:47
  9. "Broken Harbors, part 3" – 9:16
Disc two
  1. "Mullholland" – 6:48
  2. "The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier)" – 10:07
  3. "Gasfarming" – 3:20
  4. "Piano Aquieu" – 10:54
  5. "FAC 21" – 3:08
  6. "Ballad of Distances, part 1" – 3:36
  7. "Ballad of Distances, part 2" – 3:00
  8. "A Lovesong (for Cubs)+, part 1" – 6:45
  9. "A Lovesong (for Cubs)+, part 2" – 8:05
  10. "A Lovesong (for Cubs)+, part 3" – 7:45

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork review
  3. ↑ Sputnikmusic review
  4. ↑ Stylus review
  5. ↑ Dyer, Geoff (21 February 2012). Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-90701-1. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Savlov, Marc (25 November 2011). "Going Back for 'Seconds': Cinema Club and Wiley Wiggins revive a Sixties thriller". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  8. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ "The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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