Hidden (album)
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| Studio album by These New Puritans | ||||
| Released | 18 January 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 in London and Prague | |||
| Genre | Art rock, neoclassical music | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Angular/Domino (joint) | |||
| Producer | Jack Barnett, Graham Sutton | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Boston Phoenix | [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10)[3] |
| Hot Press |  [4] |
| NME | (9/10)[5] |
| NOW | [6] |
| The Observer | [7] |
| Paste | (8.9/10)[8] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10)[9] |
| Q | [10] |
Hidden (often stylized as ĦỊĐĐỂŅ) is the second studio album by British art rock band These New Puritans. Featuring a wider sonic palette than previous work and sections played by a Czech orchestra, it was produced by frontman Jack Barnett and former Bark Psychosis leader Graham Sutton during 2009. Barnett learned music notation in order to write the classical parts of the album, especially the brass and woodwind audio tracks. The mixing process was undertaken by Dave Cooley, who had previously focused on alternative hip hop and shoegazing artists, in Los Angeles using Barnett's input. Angular Recording Corporation and Domino Records released Hidden in most territories on 18 January 2010; the North American release date was 2 March. Angular's press release describes the album as including:
"Six-foot Japanese Taiko drums, a thirteen piece brass and woodwind en-semble, sub-heavy beats, prepared piano, a children’s choir, Foley recording techniques (including a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed), and the ethereal voice of Heather Marlatt from dream-pop group Salem."[11]
Hidden was voted NME album of the year for 2010.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jack Barnett, unless otherwise stated.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Time Xone" | 2:07 |
| 2. | "We Want War" (Jack Barnett, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers) | 7:23 |
| 3. | "Three Thousand" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Hologram" | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Attack Music" (Jack Barnett, Thomas Hein) | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Fire–Power" | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Orion" | 4:31 |
| 8. | "Canticle" | 1:12 |
| 9. | "Drum Courts–Where Corals Lie" (Jack Barnett, Sir Edward Elgar, Richard Garnett) | 6:14 |
| 10. | "White Chords" | 3:42 |
| 11. | "5" | 4:33 |
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2010) | Peak |
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| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) | 49 |
| Greek Albums Chart | 46 |
| UK Albums Chart | 100 |
| UK Indie Chart | 10 |
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Boston Phoenix review
- ^ Drowned in Sound review
- ^ Hot Press review
- ^ NME review
- ^ NOW review
- ^ [2010-01-24 The Observer review]
- ^ Paste review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ [2010-02 Q review]
- ^ Angular website announcement
- ^ NME.com new article
- ^ 'Hidden' details on TheseNewPuritans.com
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