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High Water (El-P album)
2004 studio album by El-P featuring The Blue Series Continuum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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High Water is a collaborative studio album by El-P featuring The Blue Series Continuum. It was released through Thirsty Ear Recordings on March 9, 2004.[1] It peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[2]
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Critical reception
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High Water was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71 based on 9 reviews.[3]
Reviewing for The Village Voice in September 2004, Tom Hull said this album "shows more meat" than the previous two Blue Series Continuum albums, "probably because El-P carves what the band gives him rather than smothering it in sauce."[9] Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "In sum, it's a moody and haunting record with a few highs, a few lows, and lots of shades of blue to make your way through."[4] David Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, saying, "El-P's edits and subtle production work strengthens the ensemble's more indulgent moments."[8] He added, "El-P sometimes seems reluctant to interfere with the ensemble's improvisation, which is a shame considering that the album's strongest tracks show him taking the reins from individual players."[8] Meanwhile, Stefan Braidwood of PopMatters said, "El-P has now proven beyond all doubt that he merits a further word in his description, and that word is: genius."[1]
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- El-P – composition, production, arrangement, mixing
- Matthew Shipp – piano
- Daniel Carter – reeds, flute
- Steve Swell – trombone
- Roy Campbell – trumpet
- William Parker – double bass
- Guillermo E. Brown – drums
- Harry Keys – vocals (7)
- Tim Conklin – recording
- Scott Hull – mastering
- Cynthia Fetty – art direction, photography
- Loretta Wong – design, layout
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