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Enclosure
Enclosure
Studio album by John Frusciante
Released	April 8, 2014
Recorded	2012–2013
Genre	Synth-pop, lo-fi, experimental rock
Length	37:37 ; 48:41 (Japanese release)
Label	Record Collection
Producer	John Frusciante
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Enclosure is the tenth studio album by American musician John Frusciante, released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on Record Collection.^[1]^[2]

On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during The Empyrean sessions, available through his website as a free download.^[3]

On March 19, 2018, Frusciante uploaded a version of "Scratch", "(vocal Fx Mix)", to SoundCloud.

Background

Frusciante said of the album, "Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX."^[4]

Release in space

On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by Record Collection as Sat-JF14 and launched to an altitude of 10,000 ft aboard an Interorbital Systems NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.

Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 10,000 ft or 3,048 meters before safely falling to the ground for recovery^[5]). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device.^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	55/100^[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[8]
American Songwriter	^[9]
Classic Rock	6/10^[10]
Consequence of Sound	C−^[11]
Magnet	^[12]
Mojo	^[13]
No Ripcord	6/10^[14]
Q	^[15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Frusciante

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shining Desert"	4:46
2.	"Sleep"	4:23
3.	"Run"	2:15
4.	"Stage"	3:09
5.	"Fanfare"	4:50
6.	"Cinch"	6:25
7.	"Zone"	4:07
8.	"Crowded"	3:47
9.	"Excuses"	3:53
Total length:		37:37

Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Vesiou"	4:18
11.	"Scratch"	6:26
Total length:		48:41

Personnel

Musicians

John Frusciante – all instruments (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machine, sequencer, samples)

Recording personnel

John Frusciante – producer
Anthony Zamora – studio manager

Artwork

John Frusciante and Julian Chavez – artwork
Nabil – cover photo
Meryl Slay – retouching

Charts

Chart performance for *Enclosure*
Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[16]	112
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[17]	16

References

^ "John's new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of "Scratch" | John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement". invisible-movement.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
^ Hughes, Josiah (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ Geslani, Michelle (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ "John Frusciante". johnfrusciante.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
^ "CPMTVLaunch033014". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
^ "John Frusciante". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Enclosure - John Frusciante". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ Thomas, Fred. "Enclosure - John Frusciante". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ Sullivan, Matt (22 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ A bold endeavour, for sure, but it often sounds too busy for its own good. [Jul 2014, p.92]
^ Hadusek, Jon (8 April 2014). "Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
^ [The album is] somewhere between his recent acid house work as Speed Dealer Moms and his dramatic collaborations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Wu-Tang acolytes Black Knights--and pretty much everything he's done to date. [No. 110, p.55]
^ Textured electronica and crafted melodies make for a dense and absorbing effort. [Aug 2014, p.96]
^ Lodder, Luiza (14 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". No Ripchord. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ Enclosure, his 11th solo record, is uncomfortably disjointed. [Jul 2014, p.107]
^ "Ultratop.be – John Frusciante – Enclosure" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
^ "John Frusciante Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[invisible-movement-1] "John's new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of "Scratch" | John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement". invisible-movement.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

[2] Hughes, Josiah (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[3] Geslani, Michelle (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[johnfrusciante-4] "John Frusciante". johnfrusciante.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

[5] "CPMTVLaunch033014". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-05-06.

[6] "John Frusciante". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.

[mc-7] "Enclosure - John Frusciante". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[8] Thomas, Fred. "Enclosure - John Frusciante". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[9] Sullivan, Matt (22 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[10] A bold endeavour, for sure, but it often sounds too busy for its own good. [Jul 2014, p.92]

[11] Hadusek, Jon (8 April 2014). "Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 13, 2014.

[12] [The album is] somewhere between his recent acid house work as Speed Dealer Moms and his dramatic collaborations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Wu-Tang acolytes Black Knights--and pretty much everything he's done to date. [No. 110, p.55]

[13] Textured electronica and crafted melodies make for a dense and absorbing effort. [Aug 2014, p.96]

[14] Lodder, Luiza (14 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". No Ripchord. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[15] Enclosure, his 11th solo record, is uncomfortably disjointed. [Jul 2014, p.107]

[ac_Flanders_John_Frusciante-16] "Ultratop.be – John Frusciante – Enclosure" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_John_Frusciante-17] "John Frusciante Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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+| length     = 37:37 <br />48:41 (Japanese release)
-| label      = [[Record Collection]]
+| label      = [[Record Collection (record label)|Record Collection]]
 | producer   = John Frusciante
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-'''''Enclosure''''' is the tenth [[studio album]] by [[John Frusciante]] released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on [[Record Collection]].<ref name="invisible-movement">{{cite web|url=http://invisible-movement.net/2014/02/johns-new-lp-enclosure-is-on-its-way-next-month|title=John&#8217;s new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of &#8220;Scratch&#8221; &#124; John Frusciante unofficial &#8211; Invisible Movement|publisher=invisible-movement.net|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Josiah |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/john_frusciante_announces_enclosure_album |title=John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album |publisher=Exclaim.ca |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
+'''''Enclosure''''' is the tenth [[studio album]] by American musician [[John Frusciante]], released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on [[Record Collection (record label)|Record Collection]].<ref name="invisible-movement">{{cite web|url=http://invisible-movement.net/2014/02/johns-new-lp-enclosure-is-on-its-way-next-month|title=John's new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of "Scratch" &#124; John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement|publisher=invisible-movement.net|accessdate=2014-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218153003/http://invisible-movement.net/2014/02/johns-new-lp-enclosure-is-on-its-way-next-month|archive-date=2014-02-18|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Josiah |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/john_frusciante_announces_enclosure_album |title=John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album |work=Exclaim! |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
-On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during ''[[The Empyrean]]'' sessions, available through his website as a free download.<ref>{{cite web|last=Geslani |first=Michelle |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/02/john-frusciante-announces-new-album-enclosure-streams-scratch/ |title=John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch" |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
+On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during ''[[The Empyrean]]'' sessions, available through his website as a free download.<ref>{{cite web|last=Geslani |first=Michelle |url=https://consequence.net/2014/02/john-frusciante-announces-new-album-enclosure-streams-scratch/ |title=John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch" |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
 On March 19, 2018, Frusciante uploaded a version of "Scratch", "(vocal Fx Mix)", to SoundCloud.
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 ==Release in space==
-On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by [[Record Collection]] as '''Sat-JF14''' and launched to an altitude of 10,000ft aboard an [[Interorbital Systems]] NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.
+On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by [[Record Collection (record label)|Record Collection]] as '''Sat-JF14''' and launched to an altitude of 10,000&nbsp;ft aboard an [[Interorbital Systems]] NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.
-Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 10,000ft or 3,048 meters before safely falling to the ground for recovery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_018.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090735/http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_018.htm |archivedate=2014-04-07 }}</ref>). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device.<ref>http://johnfrusciante.com/article/sat-jf14</ref>
+Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 10,000&nbsp;ft or 3,048 meters before safely falling to the ground for recovery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_018.htm |title=CPMTVLaunch033014 |accessdate=2014-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090735/http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_018.htm |archivedate=2014-04-07 }}</ref>). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://johnfrusciante.com/article/sat-jf14 |title=John Frusciante |access-date=2014-03-31 |archive-date=2014-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331162601/http://johnfrusciante.com/article/sat-jf14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Reception==
 {{Album reviews
-| MC = 55/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|title=Enclosure - John Frusciante|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/enclosure/john-frusciante|website=Metacritic|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
+| MC = 55/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|title=Enclosure - John Frusciante|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/enclosure/john-frusciante|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
 | rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
-| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Fred|title=Enclosure - John Frusciante|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/enclosure-mw0002622284|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network, LLC|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
+| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Fred|title=Enclosure - John Frusciante|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/enclosure-mw0002622284|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
 | rev2 = ''[[American Songwriter]]''
-| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sullivan|first1=Matt|title=John Frusciante: Enclosure|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/04/john-frusciante-enclosure/|website=American Songwriter|publisher=ForASong Media, LLC|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
+| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sullivan|first1=Matt|title=John Frusciante: Enclosure|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/04/john-frusciante-enclosure/|website=American Songwriter|date=22 April 2014|publisher=ForASong Media, LLC|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
 | rev3 = ''[[Classic Rock Magazine|Classic Rock]]''
 | rev3Score = 6/10<ref>A bold endeavour, for sure, but it often sounds too busy for its own good. [Jul 2014, p.92]</ref>
 | rev4 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
-| rev4Score = C–<ref>{{cite web|last=Hadusek|first=Jon |url= http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/04/album-review-john-frusciante-enclosure/|title=Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure |work=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date= |accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>
+| rev4Score = C−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hadusek|first=Jon |url= https://consequence.net/2014/04/album-review-john-frusciante-enclosure/|title=Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure |work=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date=8 April 2014 |accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref>
 | rev5 = ''[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]''
 | rev5Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[The album is] somewhere between his recent acid house work as Speed Dealer Moms and his dramatic collaborations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Wu-Tang acolytes Black Knights--and pretty much everything he's done to date. [No. 110, p.55]</ref>
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 | rev8Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>Enclosure, his 11th solo record, is uncomfortably disjointed. [Jul 2014, p.107]</ref>
 }}
-At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted mean]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews."<ref name="mc" />
+At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted mean]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="mc" />
 ==Track listing==
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 {{Track listing
 | headline = Japanese Bonus Tracks
 | title10          = Vesiou
 | length10         = 4:18
 | title11          = Scratch
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 ===Artwork===
-* John Frusciante and Julian Chavez - artwork
+* John Frusciante and Julian Chavez – artwork
-* Nabil - cover photo
+* Nabil – cover photo
-* Meryl Slay - retouching
+* Meryl Slay – retouching
+== Charts ==
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
+|+Chart performance for ''Enclosure''
+|-
+! Chart
+! Peak<br>position
+|-
+{{album chart|Flanders|112|artist=John Frusciante|album=Enclosure|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}
+|-
+{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|16|artist=John Frusciante|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}
+|}
 ==References==
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+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:2014 albums]]

v t e John Frusciante
Albums	Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt Smile from the Streets You Hold To Record Only Water for Ten Days Shadows Collide with People The Will to Death Inside of Emptiness A Sphere in the Heart of Silence Curtains The Empyrean PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone Enclosure Maya I and II
EPs	Estrus EP Going Inside DC EP Letur-Lefr Outsides Foregrow
Internet releases	From the Sounds Inside 4-Track Guitar Music Renoise Tracks 2009–2011
Trickfinger	Sect In Sgt Trickfinger Trickfinger II Look Down, See Us She Smiles Because She Presses the Button
Ataxia	Automatic Writing AW II
Collaborations	Speed Dealer Moms EP Hiding in the Light
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Mother's Milk Blood Sugar Sex Magik Californication By the Way Live in Hyde Park Stadium Arcadium Unlimited Love Return of the Dream Canteen
The Mars Volta	De-Loused in the Comatorium Frances the Mute Amputechture The Bedlam in Goliath Octahedron
Omar Rodríguez-López	A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One The Special 12 Singles Series Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante Sepulcros de Miel Arañas en la Sombra
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