Depths (Windy & Carl album)

Depths is the fourth studio album by American musical duo Windy & Carl. It was released on March 23, 1998 by the record label Kranky.[1]

Depths
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 1998 (1998-03-23)
Genre
Length70:01
LabelKranky
Windy & Carl chronology
Antarctica: The Bliss Out, Vol. 2
(1997)
Depths
(1998)
Consciousness
(2001)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Pitchfork9.3/10[3]

Pitchfork ranked Depths as the 36th best ambient album of all time in 2016; in an accompanying essay, Mark Richardson cited it as "a peak" in Windy & Carl's "run of classic drone records" on the Kranky label.[4] Two years later, Pitchfork listed Depths as the 49th best album of 1998.[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Carl Hultgren and Windy Weber

No.TitleLength
1."Sirens"7:06
2."Undercurrent"4:41
3."Set Adrift"6:35
4."Depths"19:02
5."The Silent Ocean"3:35
6."Aquatica"15:45
7."Surfacing"13:17
Total length:70:01

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

  • Windy & Carl (Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren) – music
  • Jody Helme – front cover and inside back cover photography
  • Brenda Markovich – back cover photography
  • Eric Pieti – inside photography

References

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  1. ^ "KRANK 024 – Windy & Carl, 'Depths'". Brainwashed. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Depths – Windy & Carl". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Josephes, Jason. "Windy and Carl: Depths". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 24, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. September 26, 2016. p. 2. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 1998". Pitchfork. February 12, 2018. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Depths (liner notes). Windy & Carl. Kranky. 1998. krank024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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