Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Studio album by Tortoise
Released	January 30, 1996
Recorded	June - September 1995
Genre	Post-rock
Length	42:56 (American version) 64:30 (non-American version) 68:42 (Japanese version)
Label	Thrill Jockey THRILL025
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Tortoise chronology
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters (1995) Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) TNT (1998)

Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the second album by the Chicago-based band Tortoise. Released in 1996 by Thrill Jockey Records, Millions... is renowned as a groundbreaking album for post-rock; an uncredited review from Outersound.com declares that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement". In 2008 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. The album also appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The album's title comes from a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith, especially in the early 1900s. It is, for instance, the title of an essay by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, who was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

Track listing

1. "Djed" – 20:57
2. "Glass Museum" – 5:27
3. "A Survey" – 2:52
4. "The Taut and Tame" – 5:01
5. "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" – 2:49
6. "Along the Banks of Rivers" – 5:50
7. "Gamera" (bonus track) – 11:55
8. "Goriri" (bonus track) – 6:39
9. "Restless Waters" (bonus track) – 3:41
10. "A Grape Dope" (bonus track) - 4:12

• Tracks 7–9 are not on the American version of the album.
• Track 10 is on the Japanese version of the album.

Personnel

• Dan Bitney
• John Herndon
• Douglas McCombs
• John McEntire
• David Pajo