| Artist |
Tortoise |
| Album Title: |
Millions Now Living Will Never Die |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronic |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
01/30/1996 |
| Label |
Thrill Jockey Records |
| Catalog No |
THRILL 025 |
| Bar Code No |
7 90377 00252 2 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Gatefold |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Djed (20:53)
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| 2.
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Glass Museum (5:23)
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| 3.
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A Survey (2:51)
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| 4.
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The Taut And Tame (4:59)
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| 5.
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Dear Grandma And Grandpa (2:58)
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| 6.
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Along The Banks Of Rivers (5:52)
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| Date Acquired |
12/13/2014 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
13.58 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Recorded and mixed at Idful Music Corporation and Soma Electronic Music Studios, Chicago, Illinois between June and September, 1995.
Mastered at SAE Digital Mastering, Phoenix, AZ.
©1996 Tortoise. ?1996 Thrill Jockey.
Thank you Bettina Richards, Christof Ellinghaus, Martin Pike, Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Howard Greynolds, Fred Armisen, Bundy K. Brown, Corey Rusk, Ed Roche, Brad Wood, James Bond, Jeff Parker, Bryan Smith, Menko Leeuw, Darryl Moore, Dan Osborn, The Richards Family and special thanks to Casey Rice "The Designer" for live sound.
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Analyzed: Tortoise / Millions Now Living Will Never Die
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -12.07 dB 20:57 01-Djed
DR10 0.00 dB -11.81 dB 5:29 02-Glass Museum
DR10 -0.71 dB -14.70 dB 2:52 03-A Survey
DR11 0.00 dB -13.08 dB 5:02 04-The Taut and Tame
DR12 0.00 dB -15.00 dB 2:50 05-Dear Grandma and Grandpa
DR9 0.00 dB -10.54 dB 5:51 06-Along the Banks of the River
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 794 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by John Bush
Tortoise's production expertise hit an early peak with Millions Now Living Will Never Die, a work that not only references studio-centric forms like dub and electronica, but actively welds them to the group's aesthetic of sturdily constructed indie rock. The centerpiece is the 21-minute opener "Djed," a multi-part track which brought Tortoise's already impressive compositional abilities to a grand scale. It's almost a history of influences in miniature, first referencing tape music and dub for several minutes, then moving on to Krautrock with a chugging section incorporating wheezing organ and understated guitar chords. Halfway through, the band takes on minimalism with repeating figures of organ and vibes, then return to the green fields of their debut with a final few minutes of moody indie rock (though even this is spiced with a scratchy rhythm and various noise effects). With "Djed," Tortoise made experimental rock do double duty as evocative, beautiful music. The other songs on Millions Now Living are hardly afterthoughts, though; highlights "Glass Museum" and "The Taut and Tame" display the band quickly growing out of the angular indie rock ghetto with exquisite music, constructed with more thought and played with more emotion, than any of their peers.
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