Enclosure (John Frusciante album)
| Enclosure | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 8, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop, lo-fi, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 37:37 48:41 (Japanese release) | |||
| Label | Record Collection | |||
| Producer | John Frusciante | |||
| John Frusciante chronology | ||||
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Enclosure is the tenth studio album by American musician John Frusciante, released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on Record Collection.[1][2]
On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during The Empyrean sessions, available through his website as a free download.[3]
On March 19, 2018, Frusciante uploaded a version of "Scratch", "(vocal Fx Mix)", to SoundCloud.
Background
[edit]Frusciante said of the album, "Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX."[4]
Release in space
[edit]On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by Record Collection as Sat-JF14 and launched to an altitude of 10,000 ft aboard an Interorbital Systems NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.
Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 10,000 ft or 3,048 meters before safely falling to the ground for recovery[5]). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device.[6]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 55/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| American Songwriter | [9] |
| Classic Rock | 6/10[10] |
| Consequence of Sound | C−[11] |
| Magnet |  [12] |
| Mojo | [13] |
| No Ripcord | 6/10[14] |
| Q | [15] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[7]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by John Frusciante
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shining Desert" | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Sleep" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Run" | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Stage" | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Fanfare" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Cinch" | 6:25 |
| 7. | "Zone" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Crowded" | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Excuses" | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 37:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Vesiou" | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Scratch" | 6:26 |
| Total length: | 48:41 | |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- John Frusciante – all instruments (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machine, sequencer, samples)
Recording personnel
[edit]- John Frusciante – producer
- Anthony Zamora – studio manager
Artwork
[edit]- John Frusciante and Julian Chavez – artwork
- Nabil – cover photo
- Meryl Slay – retouching
Charts
[edit]| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] | 112 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[17] | 16 |
References
[edit]- ^ "John's new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of "Scratch" | John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement". invisible-movement.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Hughes, Josiah (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Geslani, Michelle (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "John Frusciante". johnfrusciante.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "CPMTVLaunch033014". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- ^ "John Frusciante". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ a b "Enclosure - John Frusciante". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Fred. "Enclosure - John Frusciante". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Sullivan, Matt (22 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ A bold endeavour, for sure, but it often sounds too busy for its own good. [Jul 2014, p.92]
- ^ Hadusek, Jon (8 April 2014). "Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ^ [The album is] somewhere between his recent acid house work as Speed Dealer Moms and his dramatic collaborations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Wu-Tang acolytes Black Knights--and pretty much everything he's done to date. [No. 110, p.55]
- ^ Textured electronica and crafted melodies make for a dense and absorbing effort. [Aug 2014, p.96]
- ^ Lodder, Luiza (14 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". No Ripchord. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Enclosure, his 11th solo record, is uncomfortably disjointed. [Jul 2014, p.107]
- ^ "Ultratop.be – John Frusciante – Enclosure" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ "John Frusciante Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
