Jump to content

Three (The Necks album): Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Line 28: Line 28:
[[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, awarded the album a score of 81, based on 8 reviews which is considered as "Universal acclaim".<ref name ="metacritic"/>
[[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, awarded the album a score of 81, based on 8 reviews which is considered as "Universal acclaim".<ref name ="metacritic"/>


[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'s Colin Joyce called the album "slow, winding, and meditative, composed almost entirely of piano, bass, and drums, and builds outwards from minimal meanderings to overgrown thickets of instrumentation".<ref name=Pitchfork/> Thom Jurek on [[AllMusic]] stated, "''Three'' offers a nearly dazzling palette of sonic and musical possibility in its gathered and arranged sounds, skillful overdubs, and improvisational acumen, that are performed with unusual directness".<ref name="Allmusic">{{Allmusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0003352906 |title= The Necks: ''Three'' – Review |accessdate=May 1, 2020}}</ref> In [[The Quietus]] Johny Lamb concluded "It really is outstanding work on all fronts. Each track here has a distinct and complementary topography. Places to explore, spend time in, and marvel at. The Necks remain at the top of their game".<ref>Lamb, J. [https://thequietus.com/articles/28106-the-necks-three-review The Quiteus Review], accessed May 1, 2020</ref> [[JazzTimes]] reviewer Morgan Eunos said "it proves that after tilling the same patch of creative terrain for their entire career, the Necks can still manage a late-period streak of excellence".<ref>Eunos, M. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-necks-three-fish-of-milk/ JazzTimes Review], accessed May 1, 2020</ref>
[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'s Colin Joyce called the album "slow, winding, and meditative" noting it was "composed almost entirely of piano, bass, and drums, and builds outwards from minimal meanderings to overgrown thickets of instrumentation".<ref name=Pitchfork/> Thom Jurek on [[AllMusic]] stated, "''Three'' offers a nearly dazzling palette of sonic and musical possibility in its gathered and arranged sounds, skillful overdubs, and improvisational acumen, that are performed with unusual directness".<ref name="Allmusic">{{Allmusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0003352906 |title= The Necks: ''Three'' – Review |accessdate=May 1, 2020}}</ref> In [[The Quietus]] Johny Lamb concluded "It really is outstanding work on all fronts. Each track here has a distinct and complementary topography. Places to explore, spend time in, and marvel at. The Necks remain at the top of their game".<ref>Lamb, J. [https://thequietus.com/articles/28106-the-necks-three-review The Quiteus Review], accessed May 1, 2020</ref> [[JazzTimes]] reviewer Morgan Eunos said "it proves that after tilling the same patch of creative terrain for their entire career, the Necks can still manage a late-period streak of excellence".<ref>Eunos, M. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-necks-three-fish-of-milk/ JazzTimes Review], accessed May 1, 2020</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 01:40, 4 May 2020

Three
Studio album by
The Necks
ReleasedMarch 27, 2020
Recorded2019
StudioStudios 301, Alexandria, Australia
GenreImprovised music
Length65:05
LabelFish of Milk (AUS) FOM00019
Northern Spy (US) NS126
ReR Megacorp
RER NECKS 14/
ProducerThe Necks
The Necks chronology
Body
(2018) 		Three
(2020)

Three is an album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks released in 2020.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.2/10[3]
AllMusic[4]

Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, awarded the album a score of 81, based on 8 reviews which is considered as "Universal acclaim".[2]

Pitchfork's Colin Joyce called the album "slow, winding, and meditative" noting it was "composed almost entirely of piano, bass, and drums, and builds outwards from minimal meanderings to overgrown thickets of instrumentation".[3] Thom Jurek on AllMusic stated, "Three offers a nearly dazzling palette of sonic and musical possibility in its gathered and arranged sounds, skillful overdubs, and improvisational acumen, that are performed with unusual directness".[4] In The Quietus Johny Lamb concluded "It really is outstanding work on all fronts. Each track here has a distinct and complementary topography. Places to explore, spend time in, and marvel at. The Necks remain at the top of their game".[5] JazzTimes reviewer Morgan Eunos said "it proves that after tilling the same patch of creative terrain for their entire career, the Necks can still manage a late-period streak of excellence".[6]

Track listing

Composed by Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton

  1. "Bloom" – 21:18
  2. "Lovelock" – 22:46
  3. "Further" – 21:01

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The Necks: album details, accessed May 1, 2020
  2. ^ a b "Reviews for Three by The Necks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Joyce, Colin. "The Necks: Unfold – review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. The Necks: Three – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Lamb, J. The Quiteus Review, accessed May 1, 2020
  6. ^ Eunos, M. JazzTimes Review, accessed May 1, 2020
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Three_(The_Necks_album)&oldid=954736426"