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The Noise Made by People is the debut studio album by British indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released on 20 March 2000 by Warp Records to critical acclaim.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press5/5[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Melody Maker[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork Media7.8/10[7]
Select4/5[8]
Spin8/10[9]

The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Noise Made by People at number 177 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[10] "Echo's Answer", the first single released from the album, was also featured at number 178 on Pitchfork Media's list of top 200 tracks of the 1990s.[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Broadcast

No.TitleLength
1."Long Was the Year"3:38
2."Unchanging Window"3:48
3."Minus One"2:02
4."Come On Let's Go"3:17
5."Echo's Answer"3:12
6."Tower of Our Tuning"4:30
7."Papercuts"4:32
8."You Can Fall"4:24
9."Look Outside"3:53
10."Until Then"3:51
11."City in Progress"3:37
12."Dead the Long Year"4:46

Personnel

  • Broadcast – recording, engineering, mixing
  • Keith York – drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9
  • Steve Perkins – drums on track 8, 11 and 12
  • House at Intro – artwork and photography
  • Paul Glave – engineering on tracks 8 and 10
  • Kenny Patterson – engineering on track 11

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom March 20, 2000 Warp Records LP warplp65[12]
CD warpcd65[12]
United States April 18, 2000 Tommy Boy Records CD TBCD 1413[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Reviews for The Noise Made By People by Broadcast". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "The Noise Made by People – Broadcast". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Broadcast: The Noise Made by People". Alternative Press (142): 77. May 2000.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2009). "Broadcast". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199726363.
  5. ^ "Broadcast: The Noise Made by People". Melody Maker: 48. 28 March 2000.
  6. ^ "The Noise Made By People". NME. 18 March 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ Gardopee, Dan (31 March 2000). "Broadcast: The Noise Made by People". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. ^ Davenport, Neil (April 2000). "Broadcast: The Noise Made by People". Select (118): 88–89.
  9. ^ Wolk, Douglas (May 2000). "Catatonia: Equally Cursed and Blessed / Broadcast: The Noise Made by People". Spin. 16 (5): 160–62. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. ^ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  11. ^ Pitchfork staff (30 August 2010). "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Album: The Noise Made By People". Broadcast. Retrieved 25 August 2008.