High Places is the debut full-length from Brooklyn indie band High Places. The album was released September 23, 2008, by Thrill Jockey.
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| Released | September 23, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 30:00 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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The track "From Stardust to Sentience" was listed as the 417th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media.[1]
Reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| cokemachineglow | (favourable)[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.0/10.0[5] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[6] |
| Prefix Magazine | 8.5/10.0[7] |
| Spin |  [8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |   [9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, High Places received an average score of 75 based on eleven reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[2] AllMusic reviewer Tim Sendra said that the album was "hopefully the first of many impressive and inspiring records to come from the duo."[3]
Track listing
edit- "The Storm" – 2:51
- "You in Forty Years" – 1:33
- "The Tree with the Lights in It" – 2:44
- "Vision's the First..." – 3:41
- "Gold Coin" – 3:52
- "Papaya Year" – 1:43
- "Namer" – 4:03
- "Golden" – 2:05
- "A Field Guide" – 3:59
- "From Stardust to Sentience" – 3:35
References
edit- ^ Pitchfork Staff (17 August 2009). "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for High Places". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ a b Sendra, Tim. "High Places - High Places". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Amenta, Conrad (8 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Richardson, Mark (24 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Fiander, Matthew (25 November 2008). "High Places: High Places". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Neyland, Nick (23 September 2008). "Album Review: High Places - High Places". Prefix magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Spin Staff (13 October 2008). "High Places, 'High Places' (Thrill Jockey)". Spin. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Constine, Josh. "High Places - High Places". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 16 January 2015.