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It's All Around You is the fifth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2004.

It's All Around You
Studio album by
Tortoise
ReleasedApril 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)
StudioSoma Electronic Music Studios
GenrePost-rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion
Length43:52
LabelThrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
Standards
(2001)		 It's All Around You
(2004)		 The Brave and the Bold
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[3]
BBC Musicfavorable[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork5.2/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Stylus MagazineC[8]
The Village Voice[9]

Critical reception


At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68% based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

In 2011, American rapper Currensy named it one of his 25 favorite albums, stating: "I don’t do major drugs, but it was an acid trip in audio form."[10]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, Jeff Parker.

No.TitleLength
1."It's All Around You"4:09
2."The Lithium Stiffs"3:59
3."Crest"4:21
4."Stretch (You Are All Right)"5:14
5."Unknown"5:38
6."Dot/Eyes"3:46
7."On the Chin"5:21
8."By Dawn"1:51
9."Five Too Many"4:33
10."Salt the Skies"4:45
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Elmerson, Lincoln, & Palmieri"2:36
12."Deltitnu"5:49

Charts


Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 31
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 13

References


  1. "It's All Around You by Tortoise". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. Bush, John. "It's All Around You - Tortoise". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  3. Battaglia, Andy (April 5, 2004). "Tortoise: Its All Around You". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  4. Marsh, Peter (2004). "Tortoise - It's All Around You - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  5. Lynskey, Dorian (April 1, 2004). "Tortoise, It's All Around You". The Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  6. DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 7, 2004). "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  7. Randall, Mac (April 21, 2004). "Tortoise: It's All Around You". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  8. Schepper, Ron (April 6, 2004). "Tortoise - It's All Around You". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  9. Christgau, Robert (2004-05-05). "Anti-Gravitational Boots". The Village Voice.
  10. Ahmed, Insanul (July 5, 2011). "Curren$y's 25 Favorite Albums: Tortoise, It's All Around You (2004)". Complex. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  11. "Tortoise - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  12. "Tortoise - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2017.




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