Around the House
Around the House is a 1998 studio album by British electronic musician Herbert. It is an electroacoustic album using "samples of washing machines, toasters and toothbrushes, processed into swinging grooves".[1]
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| Released | 27 July 1998 | |||
| Recorded | January 1997–April 1998 | |||
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| Length | 73:50 | |||
| Label | Phonography | |||
| Producer | Herbert | |||
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| Singles from Around the House | ||||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Muzik |  [3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
John Bush of AllMusic deemed Around the House "much more suited to straight-ahead dance music than Herbert's previous work" and stated that Herbert "proves quite adept" at creating backing music for the album's featured vocalist Dani Siciliano.[2] Pitchfork reviewer Mark Richardson described Around the House as "a bit more focused on sound than song" compared to its 2001 follow-up Bodily Functions; while finding Bodily Functions a stronger album, he admitted that "this could well be a matter of which record I heard first" and concluded, "Both albums are loaded with music of exceptionally high quality."[4]
Around the House was named the 96th greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Untitled | M. Herbert | 0:52 |
| 2. | "So Now..." | M. Herbert, D. Siciliano | 5:41 |
| 3. | "Around the House" | M. Herbert | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Close to Me" | M. Herbert | 6:37 |
| 5. | "The Last Beat" | M. Herbert | 5:27 |
| 6. | "Going Round" | M. Herbert, D. Siciliano | 6:55 |
| 7. | "This Time" | M. Herbert, D. Siciliano | 8:04 |
| 8. | "We Still Have (The Music)" | M. Herbert, D. Siciliano | 6:27 |
| 9. | "In the Kitchen" | M. Herbert, R. Vine | 12:12 |
| 10. | "Never Give Up" | M. Herbert | 11:43 |
| 11. | "We Go Wrong" | M. Herbert | 5:11 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Matthew Herbert – production, piano, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, backing vocals
- Dani Siciliano – vocals
- R. Vine – guitar, bass guitar
References
- Blackburn, Manuella (2021). "In Her Own Words: Practitioner Contribution 3". In Hamer, Laura (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music Since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 9781108470285. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- Bush, John. "Around the House – Herbert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- Bush, Calvin (August 1998). "Herbert: Around the House". Muzik. No. 39. p. 64.
- Richardson, Mark (14 March 2002). "Matthew Herbert: Around the House". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Herbert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 376. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. 17 November 2003. p. 1. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
- Around the House at Discogs (list of releases)