Circulatory System (album)

Circulatory System is the first album by the American music ensemble Circulatory System. It was released on August 28, 2001, on musician John Fernandes' Cloud Recordings label.^[1]

Circulatory System
Studio album by Circulatory System
Released	August 28, 2001
Genre	Indie rock, psychedelic rock
Length	57:08
Label	Cloud
Circulatory System chronology
Circulatory System (2001) Inside Views (2001)

The album artwork is a juxtaposition of the album covers for Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One by Elephant 6 act the Olivia Tremor Control, who shared members with Circulatory System.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Press	7/10[5]
Pitchfork	9.5/10[6]
Q	[7]
Stylus Magazine	B[8]
Uncut	[9]

Pitchfork named Circulatory System the fifth best album of 2001.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yesterday's World"	4:00
2.	"Prehistoric"	1:21
3.	"Diary of Wood"	2:17
4.	"Outside Blasts"	6:07
5.	"Joy"	2:06
6.	"The Lovely Universe"	3:24
7.	"Round"	1:07
8.	"Inside Blasts"	5:54
9.	"Illusion"	1:57
10.	"Waves of Bark and Light"	3:00
11.	"Now"	2:07
12.	"A Peek"	3:12
13.	"Fingers"	1:04
14.	"Days to Come (In Photographs)"	2:42
15.	"Symbols and Maps"	2:24
16.	"The Pillow"	2:58
17.	"Stars"	1:55
18.	"Should a Cloud Replace a Compass?"	2:14
19.	"Time or Dateline"	1:11
20.	"How Long?"	2:00
21.	"Your Parades"	3:27
22.	"Forever"	1:26
Total length:		57:08

All tracks are written by Will Cullen Hart.

Personnel

• Will Cullen Hart – vocals, guitar, electronics
• John Fernandes – clarinet, violin, bass guitar
• Peter Erchick – organ, bass guitar, vocals
• Heather McIntosh – cello, bass guitar, vocals
• Derek Almstead – drums, percussion, vocals
• AJ Griffin – guitar, vocals

Former members

• Hannah M. Jones – drums, percussion