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Cold House
Studio album by
Hood
Released12 November 2001 (2001-11-12)
Studio
  • Hall Place (Leeds, England)
  • Cold House Studios (Leeds, England)
Genre
Length46:09
LabelDomino
Hood chronology
The Cycle of Days and Seasons
(1999) 		Cold House
(2001) 		Compilations 1995–2002
(2003)
Singles from Cold House
  1. "You Show No Emotion at All"
    Released: 22 April 2001

Cold House is the fifth studio album by English post-rock band Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 12 November 2001.[5] Three tracks feature vocal contributions from Doseone and Why?, two-thirds of the hip hop group Clouddead.[6] "You Show No Emotion at All" was released as a single from the album.[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press9/10[9]
The Guardian[10]
Muzik3/5[11]
NME8/10[12]
Pitchfork8.5/10[13]
Q[14]
Spin8/10[15]
Stylus MagazineB+[16]
Uncut[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cold House received an average score of 87, based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[8]

Bradley Torreano of AllMusic described the album as "the next step toward the icy-cold future of alternative rock that Kid A forecasted".[3] Philip Sherburne of Cleveland Scene called it "not only one of the most melancholy records of late, but also a triumph of musical gene splicing, drawing together folk-flavored indie rock and the skittering beats of experimental electronica".[18] Nathan Rooney of Pitchfork commented that "with Cold House, Hood seem to have finally stumbled into a sound all their own".[13]

In 2016, Fact ranked Cold House at number 14 on its list of the best post-rock albums of all time,[1] while Paste ranked it as the 44th best post-rock album.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here"5:20
2."You Show No Emotion at All"5:13
3."Branches Bare"5:55
4."Enemy of Time"3:22
5."The Winter Hit Hard"5:42
6."I Can't Find My Brittle Youth"3:11
7."This Is What We Do to Sell Out(s)"3:05
8."The River Curls Around the Town"3:23
9."Lines Low to Frozen Ground"5:15
10."You're Worth the Whole World"5:43

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Hood – music, post production, recording, mixing
  • Doseone – additional vocals (1, 3, 10), additional lyrics (1, 3, 10)
  • Why? – additional vocals (1, 3, 10), additional lyrics (1, 3, 10)
  • Matthew Robson – additional drums (6)
  • Sarah McWatt – flute
  • Andrew Staveley – trumpet
  • Richard Formby – acoustic guitar, recording
  • Choque Hosein – post production, mixing
  • C. Adams – photography
  • S. Royle – photography
  • M. Cooper – sleeve design

References

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  1. ^ a b Bowe, Miles; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (20 April 2016). "The 30 best post-rock albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ham, Robert (19 December 2016). "The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums". Paste. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Torreano, Bradley. "Cold House – Hood". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ^ Nelson, Adam. "Hood Recollected". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Cold House by Hood". United Kingdom: iTunes Store. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ Meyer, Bill (4 April 2002). "Hood". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  7. ^ Tarry, Lucy (24 April 2002). "Hood – You Show No Emotion At All". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Reviews for Cold House by Hood". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Hood: Cold House". Alternative Press. No. 161. December 2001. p. 84.
  10. ^ Simpson, Dave (14 December 2001). "Hood: Cold House (Domino)". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  11. ^ Bell, Duncan (December 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: Peel Sessions (Big Dada) / Plan 9: Meat Your Hypnotis (Mush) / Hood: Cold House (Domino)". Muzik. No. 79. p. 97.
  12. ^ Gardner, Noel (17 November 2001). "Hood : Cold House". NME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b Rooney, Nathan (9 January 2002). "Hood: Cold House". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Hood: Cold House". Q. No. 185. December 2001. p. 137.
  15. ^ Reynolds, Simon (December 2001). "Hood: Cold House". Spin. Vol. 17, no. 12. p. 163. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  16. ^ Burns, Todd (1 September 2003). "Hood – Cold House – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Hood: Cold House". Uncut. No. 55. December 2001. p. 106.
  18. ^ Sherburne, Philip (10 January 2002). "Hood – Cold House (Aesthetics)". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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