The Death of Quickspace
| The Death Of Quickspace | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | Space rock, krautrock, noise pop, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 44:45 | |||
| Label | Kitty Kitty[1] Matador[2] | |||
| Producer | Tom Cullinan[2] | |||
| Quickspace chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| NME |  [4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Select | [8] |
The Death Of Quickspace is the third and final album released by Quickspace.[9] It was released in 2000.[10]
Production
[edit]The album was written in the studio and recorded live.[11] It was produced by frontman Tom Cullinan.
Critical reception
[edit]NME wrote that "it seems Tom Cullinan‘s Krautrock disciples have hit upon a motorik El Dorado – a place where tedium is transcended by zealous determination, and glacial repetition becomes a thing of hushed and haunted beauty."[4] Ox-Fanzine deemed the album "a really good record with a pop character here, occasionally spiced up with sawing guitars."[12] Billboard wrote: "A bizarre semi-song cycle of fuzzed-out guitars and warbling strings that loops back on itself on multiple occasions, The Death Of Quickspace is anything but easily digestible."[2] The Sunday Times called the album "weird but wonderful," writing that "the smothering bass and protracted noodlings give way to something more fractured, culminating in the ceilidh-in-a-Munich- bierkeller brutality of the gloriously brusque closer, '4'."[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Lobbalong Song" – 4:11
- "They Shoot Horse, Don't They?" – 7:33
- "Climbing A Hill" – 11:03
- "Munchers, No Munchers" – 3:26
- "Gloriana" – 5:59
- "The Munchers" – 3:15
- "A Rose" – 6:15
- "Lob It" – 2:29
- "4" – 0:31
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cairns, Dan (2 April 2000). "On Record". Sunday Times: 20.
- ^ a b c "The Death Of Quickspace". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 15. 8 April 2000. p. 22.
- ^ Phares, Heather. The Death of Quickspace at AllMusic
- ^ a b "The Death Of Quickspace". NME. 12 September 2005.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 716.
- ^ "Quickspace: The Death of Quickspace". Pitchfork.
- ^ "RollingStone.com: Recordings: Quickspace, The Death Of Quickspace, 3 Stars". Rolling Stone. 24 December 2001. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001.
- ^ Mullen, John (May 2000). "Album Reviews". Select.
- ^ "Quickspace | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Athitakis, Mark. "Yo La Tengo with Quickspace". Riverfront Times.
- ^ "Music: POP CD RELEASES". The Guardian: 21. 24 March 2000.
- ^ Wittwer, Claus (March–May 2000). "Reviews: Quickspace / The Death of Quickspace CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
