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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
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| Name = Melt Yourself Down
| Type = Album
| name = Melt Yourself Down
| type = studio
| Cover = Melt_Yourself_Down_(album)_album_cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Melt Yourself Down]]
| artist = [[Melt Yourself Down]]
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| cover = Melt Yourself Down (album) album cover.jpg
| Released = 17 June 2013
| alt =
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| Genre = [[Jazz]], [[Punk rock|punk]], [[funk]], [[Afrobeat]]
| Length = 34:00
| released = 17 June 2013
| recorded =
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| Label = [[The Leaf Label]]<br><small>BAY 85V/CD
| studio =
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| Producer = [[Leafcutter John]]
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| genre = [[Afrobeat]], [[punk jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[art punk]]
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| This album = '''''Melt Yourself Down'''''<br>(2013)
| length = 34:00
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| Next album = ''[[Live at the New Empowering Church]]''<br>(2014)
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| label = [[The Leaf Label]]
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| producer = [[Leafcutter John]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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| next_title = [[Live at the New Empowering Church]]
| next_year = 2014
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==Background==
==Background==
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The group is led by [[Pete Wareham]], the ex-leader of defunct outfit [[Acoustic Ladyland]] and saxophonist in British jazz group [[Polar Bear (jazz)|Polar Bear]].<ref name="PWplayssax">{{cite web | url=http://jazzwisemagazine.com/features/jazzwise-the-player/10672-polar-bear-acoustic-ladyland- | title=PETE WAREHAM - SAXOPHONES | work=[[Jazzwise]] | accessdate=27 May 2015 | last=Gallant | first=David}}</ref> The album as released by [[The Leaf Label]] and features the singles "We Are Enough", "Release!" and "Fix My Life".<ref name="AM">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/melt-yourself-down-mw0002529963 | title=Melt Yourself Down | website=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=27 May 2015 | last=Phares | first=Heather}}</ref>

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The group is led by [[Pete Wareham]], the ex-member of jazz/punk outfit [[Acoustic Ladyland]] and saxophonist in British jazz group [[Polar Bear (jazz)|Polar Bear]].<ref name="PWplayssax">{{cite web | url=http://jazzwisemagazine.com/features/jazzwise-the-player/10672-polar-bear-acoustic-ladyland- | title=PETE WAREHAM - SAXOPHONES | work=[[Jazzwise]] | accessdate=27 May 2015 | last=Gallant | first=David}}</ref> The album as released by [[The Leaf Label]] and features the singles "We Are Enough", "Release!" and "Fix My Life".<ref name="AM">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/melt-yourself-down-mw0002529963 | title=Melt Yourself Down | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=27 May 2015 | last=Phares | first=Heather}}</ref>
Wareham spoke about the process of creating the album in an interview in an interview with [[Loud and Quiet]]:
Wareham spoke about the process of creating the album in an interview in an interview with [[Loud and Quiet]]:


"Normally we are more live players than we are studio players. And so, normally we would have gigged the hell out of it before recording it, but we can’t do that with brand new bands. No one is going to give you a gig without a recording; a recording isn’t going to be at its best unless you play live, so I just had to edit the tunes really hard, so that they stood up on their own [and] the writing had to be really solid…. All the rehearsals were recorded and then I chopped up the recordings of the rehearsals and then arranged the tunes and wrote them that way. I made my own demos of each one, I took the demos to the rehearsal and we recorded the rehearsal and chopped up the rehearsals" <ref name="LAQ">{{cite web | url=http://www.loudandquiet.com/2013/09/melt-yourself-downinterview/ | title= Melt Yourself Down | work=[[Loud and Quiet]] | date=July 2013 | accessdate=16 July 2015 | last=Westley | first=Nathan}}</ref>
"Normally we are more live players than we are studio players. And so, normally we would have gigged the hell out of it before recording it, but we can’t do that with brand new bands. No one is going to give you a gig without a recording; a recording isn’t going to be at its best unless you play live, so I just had to edit the tunes really hard, so that they stood up on their own [and] the writing had to be really solid…. All the rehearsals were recorded and then I chopped up the recordings of the rehearsals and then arranged the tunes and wrote them that way. I made my own demos of each one, I took the demos to the rehearsal and we recorded the rehearsal and chopped up the rehearsals" <ref name="LAQ">{{cite web | url=http://www.loudandquiet.com/2013/09/melt-yourself-downinterview/ | title= Melt Yourself Down | work=[[Loud and Quiet]] | date=July 2013 | accessdate=16 July 2015 | last=Westley | first=Nathan}}</ref>

The album was re-issued in 2015 as part of [[The Leaf Label]]'s 20th anniversary celebrations, after being selected by fans. This limited edition re-release featured a variant on the original album artwork and was made available to fans via the [[PledgeMusic]] service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/news/view/490/DM|title=The Leaf Label: Leaf 20 |author=|website=Theleaflabel.com|accessdate= 28 October 2015}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = 80/100<ref name="meta">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/melt-yourself-down/melt-yourself-down| title=Melt Yourself Down by Melt Yourself Down | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=27 May 2015}}</ref>
| MC = 80/100<ref name="meta">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/melt-yourself-down/melt-yourself-down| title=Melt Yourself Down by Melt Yourself Down | website=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=27 May 2015}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllAboutJazz]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM" />
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AAJ" />
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="DT" />
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM" />
| rev3 = ''[[The Quietus]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev3score = Positive<ref name="TQ" />
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="DT" />
| rev4 = [[AllAboutJazz]]
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/20/melt-yourself-down-review |title=Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down - reviews |first=John |last=Fordham |date=20 June 2013 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |accessdate=2013-11-13}}</ref>
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AAJ" />
| rev5 = ''[[musicOMH]]''

| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/melt-yourself-down-melt-yourself-down-2 |title=Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down |first=Alan |last=Ashton-Smith |date=17 June 2013 |website=[[MusicOMH]] |accessdate=2013-11-13}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 6.4/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18118-melt-yourself-down-melt-yourself-down/ |title=Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down |first=Brian |last=Howe |date=10 July 2013 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |accessdate=2013-11-13}}</ref>
}}
}}


On the [[Metacritic]] website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, ''Melt Yourself Down'' received a score of 80, based on 1 mixed and 8 positive reviews.<ref name="meta">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/melt-yourself-down/melt-yourself-down| title=Melt Yourself Down by Melt Yourself Down | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref>
On the [[Metacritic]] website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, ''Melt Yourself Down'' received a score of 80, based on 1 mixed and 8 positive reviews.<ref name="meta" />
It was described as "The sound of Cairo ’57, Cologne ’72, New York ’78 and London 2013" and "[a] hectic and freewheeling duststorm of punk, funk, jazz and world music" by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'',<ref name="DT">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10118505/Melt-Yourself-Down-album-review.html |title=Melt Yourself Down, Album Review |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Helen |last=Brown |date={{date|13 June 2013|mdy}} |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and "insanely full of energy and ideas, a tumultuous barrage of snaky, infectious hooks and punishingly addictive grooves" in a review by [[The Quietus]].<ref name="TQ">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/12522-melt-yourself-down-album-review |title=Reviews: Melt Yourself Down |publisher=The Quietus |first=Nick |last=Southall |date={{date|14 June 2013|mdy}} |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> [[AllAboutJazz]] described the album as a "collection of songs that demands, and deserves, attention, respect, love and dancing in equal measure".<ref name="AAJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/melt-yourself-down-melt-yourself-down-the-leaf-label-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php |title=Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down |work=[[AllAboutJazz]] |first=Bruce |last=Lindsay|date={{date|31 January 2014|mdy}} |accessdate= 16 July 2015}}</ref> The record came in at number 10 in [[Time Out (magazine)|''Time Out'']]'s "40 Best Albums of 2014".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/238-time-out-londons-40-best-albums-of-2013/ |title=Reviews: Melt Yourself Down |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date={{date|06 December 2013|mdy}} |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
It was described as "The sound of Cairo ’57, Cologne ’72, New York ’78 and London 2013" and "[a] hectic and freewheeling duststorm of punk, funk, jazz and world music" by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'',<ref name="DT">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10118505/Melt-Yourself-Down-album-review.html |title=Melt Yourself Down, Album Review |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Helen |last=Brown |date=June 13, 2013 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and "insanely full of energy and ideas, a tumultuous barrage of snaky, infectious hooks and punishingly addictive grooves" in a review by [[The Quietus]].<ref name="TQ">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/12522-melt-yourself-down-album-review |title=Reviews: Melt Yourself Down |website=The Quietus |first=Nick |last=Southall |date=June 14, 2013 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> [[AllAboutJazz]] described the album as a "collection of songs that demands, and deserves, attention, respect, love and dancing in equal measure".<ref name="AAJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/melt-yourself-down-melt-yourself-down-the-leaf-label-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php |title=Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down |work=[[AllAboutJazz]] |first=Bruce |last=Lindsay|date=January 31, 2014 |accessdate= 16 July 2015}}</ref> The record came in at number 10 in [[Time Out (magazine)|''Time Out'']]'s "40 Best Albums of 2014".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/238-time-out-londons-40-best-albums-of-2013/ |title=Reviews: Melt Yourself Down |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date=December 6, 2013 |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>



== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing

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| headline = ''Melt Yourself Down'' track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Fix My Life
| title1 = Fix My Life
| length1 = 4:03
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Release
| title2 = Release!
| length2 = 4:19
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = Tuna
| title3 = Tuna
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
* Peter Wareham — tenor saxophone
* Peter Wareham – tenor saxophone
* Shabaka Hutchings — tenor saxophone
* [[Shabaka Hutchings]] – tenor saxophone
* Kushal Gaya - vocals
* Kushal Gaya – vocals
* Ruth Goller - bass guitar
* Ruth Goller – bass guitar
* Tom Skinner - drums
* [[Tom Skinner (drummer)|Tom Skinner]] – drums
* Satin Singh - percussion
* Satin Singh – percussion


== References ==
== References ==
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{{reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 15:13, 10 September 2022

Melt Yourself Down
Studio album by
Melt Yourself Down
Released17 June 2013
GenreAfrobeat, punk jazz, jazz fusion, art punk
Length34:00
LabelThe Leaf Label
ProducerLeafcutter John
Melt Yourself Down chronology
Melt Yourself Down
(2013) 		Live at the New Empowering Church
(2014)

Melt Yourself Down is the debut album of the London-based band of the same name.

Background

[edit]

The group is led by Pete Wareham, the ex-leader of defunct outfit Acoustic Ladyland and saxophonist in British jazz group Polar Bear.[1] The album as released by The Leaf Label and features the singles "We Are Enough", "Release!" and "Fix My Life".[2] Wareham spoke about the process of creating the album in an interview in an interview with Loud and Quiet:

"Normally we are more live players than we are studio players. And so, normally we would have gigged the hell out of it before recording it, but we can’t do that with brand new bands. No one is going to give you a gig without a recording; a recording isn’t going to be at its best unless you play live, so I just had to edit the tunes really hard, so that they stood up on their own [and] the writing had to be really solid…. All the rehearsals were recorded and then I chopped up the recordings of the rehearsals and then arranged the tunes and wrote them that way. I made my own demos of each one, I took the demos to the rehearsal and we recorded the rehearsal and chopped up the rehearsals" [3]

The album was re-issued in 2015 as part of The Leaf Label's 20th anniversary celebrations, after being selected by fans. This limited edition re-release featured a variant on the original album artwork and was made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service.[4]

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllAboutJazz[6]
AllMusic[2]
The Daily Telegraph[7]
The Guardian [8]
musicOMH [9]
Pitchfork6.4/10[10]

On the Metacritic website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, Melt Yourself Down received a score of 80, based on 1 mixed and 8 positive reviews.[5] It was described as "The sound of Cairo ’57, Cologne ’72, New York ’78 and London 2013" and "[a] hectic and freewheeling duststorm of punk, funk, jazz and world music" by The Daily Telegraph,[7] and "insanely full of energy and ideas, a tumultuous barrage of snaky, infectious hooks and punishingly addictive grooves" in a review by The Quietus.[11] AllAboutJazz described the album as a "collection of songs that demands, and deserves, attention, respect, love and dancing in equal measure".[6] The record came in at number 10 in Time Out's "40 Best Albums of 2014".[12]

Track listing

[edit]
Melt Yourself Down track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Fix My Life"4:03
2."Release!"4:19
3."Tuna"4:27
4."We Are Enough"4:34
5."Kingdom of Kush"4:38
6."Free Walk"3:49
7."Mouth to Mouth"4:27
8."Camel"5:02

Personnel

[edit]
  • Peter Wareham – tenor saxophone
  • Shabaka Hutchings – tenor saxophone
  • Kushal Gaya – vocals
  • Ruth Goller – bass guitar
  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Satin Singh – percussion

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Gallant, David. "PETE WAREHAM - SAXOPHONES". Jazzwise. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Melt Yourself Down". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ Westley, Nathan (July 2013). "Melt Yourself Down". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ "The Leaf Label: Leaf 20". Theleaflabel.com. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Melt Yourself Down by Melt Yourself Down". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b Lindsay, Bruce (31 January 2014). "Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down". AllAboutJazz. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b Brown, Helen (13 June 2013). "Melt Yourself Down, Album Review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ^ Fordham, John (20 June 2013). "Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down - reviews". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  9. ^ Ashton-Smith, Alan (17 June 2013). "Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down". MusicOMH. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  10. ^ Howe, Brian (10 July 2013). "Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  11. ^ Southall, Nick (14 June 2013). "Reviews: Melt Yourself Down". The Quietus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Reviews: Melt Yourself Down". Time Out. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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