Rounds (album)

Rounds
Studio album by Four Tet
Released	5 May 2003 (UK) 6 May 2003 (US)
Genre	Electronic
Length	45:22
Label	Domino Records WIG126 (UK) / DNO014 (US)
Producer	Kieran Hebden
Professional reviews
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space. Allmusic link Dusted 15 May 2003 Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) 5 May 2003 The Milkfactory (4.6/5) May 2003 Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone 15 May 2003 NME (9/10)[1]
Four Tet chronology
Paws (2001) Rounds (2003) Hella/Four Tet Split (2004)

Rounds is the third album by Four Tet. It was released on 5 May 2003 in the United Kingdom; the United States release came the next day.

Two singles were released from the album ("She Moves She" and "As Serious as Your Life"), as well as one EP, My Angel Rocks Back and Forth. The latter features remixes of the title track by Isambard Khroustaliov and electronica duo Icarus, two new Four Tet tracks, and a DVD of all of Four Tet's music videos for Pause and Rounds.

A promotional version of the album was issued in March 2003. The only track different from the version on the final release is "Unspoken",^[2] which originally featured an alternate piano melody sampled from the Tori Amos song "Winter". Because Amos' record company refused to clear the sample, a new melody was improvised for the official release of Rounds.^[3]

Reception

As of April 2008, Rounds is Four Tet's highest-reviewed release on Metacritic, where it is ranked #4 on the list of best albums of 2003.^[4][5]

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Rounds at number 123 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Hands" – 5:40
2. "She Moves She" – 4:38
3. "First Thing" – 1:12
4. "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth" – 5:06
5. "Spirit Fingers" – 3:21
6. "Unspoken" – 9:29
7. "Chia" – 0:31
8. "As Serious as Your Life" – 4:36
9. "And They All Look Broken Hearted" – 5:06
10. "Slow Jam" – 5:16

References

1. ^ New Musical Express. 3 May 2003
2. ^ "Four Tet: Discog". http://www.fourtet.net/site/site.php?page=discog. Retrieved 10 July 2007. 
3. ^ "The Conjurer". The Age. Fairfax Digital. 11 June 2004. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/11/1086749879285.html. Retrieved 29 October 2007. 
4. ^ "Four Tet: Rounds (2003)". Metacritic. CNET. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/fourtet/rounds/. Retrieved 10 July 2007. 
5. ^ "Best Albums of 2003". Metacritic. CNET. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2003.shtml. Retrieved 10 July 2007. 
6. ^ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/3/. Retrieved 1 October 2009. 

External links

• Rounds release page from the Domino Records website
• Rounds at MusicBrainz