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Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the second studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. The album was released on January 30, 1996 by Thrill Jockey.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Studio album by Tortoise
Released	January 30, 1996 (1996-01-30)
Recorded	June–September 1995
Studio	Idful Music Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) Soma Electronic Music Studios (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Post-rock
Length	42:56
Label	Thrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters (1995) Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) TNT (1998)
Singles from Millions Now Living Will Never Die
"Djed" Released: 1996 (1996) "The Taut and Tame" Released: 1996 (1996)

The album's title is a reference to a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith in the 1920s.[1][2] It is, for instance, the title of an essay by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, who was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.[3] It was also the slogan of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.^{[citation needed]}

By March 1998, the album had sold over 50,000 copies, with 80% as CDs and the remainder as LPs.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Alternative Press	5/5[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Orlando Sentinel	[9]
Record Collector	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[11]
Spin	7/10[12]
Uncut	9/10[13]
The Village Voice	B−[14]

Millions Now Living Will Never Die was released to positive critical reviews, and it has since been renowned as a groundbreaking album for the post-rock genre.[15] Outersound wrote that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement".[15] The Wire named it the record of the year in its annual critics' poll[16] and NME named it the 35th best album of 1996.[17]

In 2006 and 2008, Millions Now Living Will Never Die was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back concert series. The album also appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[18]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for Millions Now Living Will Never Die adapted from album liner notes.[19]

Tortoise

• Dan Bitney
• John Herndon
• Douglas McCombs
• John McEntire
• David Pajo

Production

• John McEntire – mixing, recording
• Roger Seibel – mastering

Artwork and design

• Dan Osborn – layout assistance, "computer magic"
• Tortoise – sleeve design

Samples

The song "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" contains a sample of German band Dom's song "Silence", from their 1972 album Edge of Time.

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	115

References

External links

• Millions Now Living Will Never Die at Discogs (list of releases)
• A.D. Amorosi: "The Making of Tortoise's Millions Now Living Will Never Die" (magnetmagazine.com, 2016-02-23)

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Millions Now Living Will Never Die (с англ. — «Миллионы ныне живущих никогда не умрут») — второй студийный альбом американской группы Tortoise, выпущенный в 1996 на инди-лейбле Thrill Jockey  (англ.) (рус.. Millions Now Living Will Never Die считается новаторской записью музыкального направления построк; по словам редакции портала Outersound.com, вскоре после выпуска альбома, группа была «объявлена крестными отцами американского построк-движения»[11]. В 2006 и 2008 годах альбом был исполнен от начала до конца в рамках серии концертов Don't Look Back  (англ.) (рус.. Лонгплей фигурирует в альманахе «1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die»[12]. В 1996 году журнал NME поставил его на 35-е место в списке лучших альбомов года[13].

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