Pause (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Pause
Type = Album
Artist = Four Tet


Released = 28 May 2001 (UK)
9 October 2001 (US)
Recorded = Spring and summer 2000
Genre = Electronica, post-rock
Length = 43:08
Label = Domino Records
WIG94 (UK) / DNO002 (US)
Producer = Kieran Hebden
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bb861vy3zz9a link]
*The Milk Factory Rating|4|5 [http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/music/fourtet.htm link]
*"NME" (9/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/four-tet/5085 May 2001]
*Pitchfork (8.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17828/Four_Tet_Pause link]
*PlayLouder (4/5) [http://www.playlouder.com/review/+301fourtet/ 11 Jun 2001]
*"Q" Rating|3|5 Jun 2001
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/fourtet/albums/album/146140/review/5941750/pause 24 Sep 2001]
*"Stylus" (B+) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=405 1 Sep 2003] | Last album = "Dialogue"
(1999)
This album = "Pause"
(2001)
Next album = "Paws"
(2001)

"Pause" is the second album by Four Tet. It was released on 28 May 2001 in the United Kingdom, and on 9 October 2001 in the United States. "Pause" was Four Tet's first release on Domino Records; his last album, "Dialogue", had been distributed by Output Recordings.

A recording of an office setting, most prominently featuring the sounds of typing on a computer keyboard, forms a recurring motif in the album; it both opens ("Glue of the World") and closes ("Hilarious Movie of the 90's") the album, and is also present in "Harmony One".

Three tracks from "Pause" were later released in remixed form on Four Tet's "Paws" EP.

The acoustic guitar track "Everything Is Alright" is used as the theme music for the National Public Radio program "On Point".

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = Kieran Hebden

title1 = Glue of the World
length1 = 5:02

title2 = Twenty Three
length2 = 3:24

title3 = Harmony One
length3 = 1:41

title4 = Parks
length4 = 6:03

title5 = Leila Came Round and We Watched a Video
length5 = 1:39

title6 = Untangle
length6 = 4:36

title7 = Everything Is Alright
length7 = 2:31

title8 = No More Mosquitoes
length8 = 3:39

title9 = Tangle
length9 = 3:44

title10 = You Could Ruin My Day
length10 = 7:03

title11 = Hilarious Movie of the 90's
length11 = 3:29

Audio samples

listen
filename = Four Tet - Everything Is Alright.ogg
title = "Everything Is Alright"
description = A fifteen-second sample of "Everything Is Alright", an acoustic guitar track with prominent piano and percussion parts. 116 KB.
format = Ogg Vorbis

External links

* [http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/index.php?page=releases&releaseID=242 "Pause" release page] from the Domino Records website
*MusicBrainz album|id=fe2c5c30-62d0-4eaa-8750-7777803d14fd|name=Pause