All This Sounds Gas

All This Sounds Gas is the 2001 debut album from Preston School of Industry. Its title is a reference to George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass.^[1]

All This Sounds Gas
Studio album by Preston School of Industry
Released	August 28, 2001
Genre	Indie rock Alternative rock Jangle pop Paisley Underground
Label	Matador Records
Preston School of Industry chronology
All This Sounds Gas (2001) Monsoon (2004)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
NME	7/10[4]
Pitchfork	5.3/10[5]

All This Sounds Gas received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 72/100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Spiral Stairs.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Whalebones"	3:05
2.	"Falling Away"	3:39
3.	"A Treasure @ Silver Bank (This Dynasty's for Real)"	4:25
4.	"Encyclopedic Knowledge Of"	7:56
5.	"History of the River"	3:15
6.	"Doping for Gold"	4:35
7.	"Solitaire"	3:54
8.	"Blü Sön"	0:43
9.	"Monkey Heart and the Horses' Leg"	4:25
10.	"The Idea of Fires"	2:56
11.	"Take a Stand/All This Sounds Gas"	8:17

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Walls of Grain"	3:08
13.	"Suddenly Stable"	2:34
14.	"To Squash It for Good"	2:37
15.	"Imperial"	4:02
16.	"Most Common Method"	4:08
17.	"I've Done Nothing Wrong"	4:57

"All This Sounds Gas" is a 1:33 hidden bonus track after nine seconds of silence. The CD opens with a 1:13 pregap track, with 0:30 of silence and a 0:43 collage of music (mostly backwards) that leads directly into the intro of "Whalebones".