Cold House

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Cold House
Studio album by Hood
Released	12 November 2001 (2001-11-12)
Studio	Hall Place (Leeds, England) Cold House Studios (Leeds, England)
Genre	Post-rock[1][2] experimental rock[3] glitch pop[4]
Length	46:09
Label	Domino
Hood chronology
The Cycle of Days and Seasons (1999) Cold House (2001) Compilations 1995–2002 (2003)
Singles from Cold House
"You Show No Emotion at All" Released: 22 April 2001

Cold House is the fifth studio album by English post-rock band Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 12 November 2001.[5] Three tracks feature vocal contributions from Doseone and Why?, two-thirds of the hip hop group Clouddead.[6] "You Show No Emotion at All" was released as a single from the album.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Alternative Press	9/10[9]
The Guardian	[10]
Muzik	3/5[11]
NME	8/10[12]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[13]
Q	[14]
Spin	8/10[15]
Stylus Magazine	B+[16]
Uncut	[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cold House received an average score of 87, based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[8]

Bradley Torreano of AllMusic described the album as "the next step toward the icy-cold future of alternative rock that Kid A forecasted".[3] Philip Sherburne of Cleveland Scene called it "not only one of the most melancholy records of late, but also a triumph of musical gene splicing, drawing together folk-flavored indie rock and the skittering beats of experimental electronica".[18] Nathan Rooney of Pitchfork commented that "with Cold House, Hood seem to have finally stumbled into a sound all their own".[13]

In 2016, Fact ranked Cold House at number 14 on its list of the best post-rock albums of all time,[1] while Paste ranked it as the 44th best post-rock album.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here"	5:20
2.	"You Show No Emotion at All"	5:13
3.	"Branches Bare"	5:55
4.	"Enemy of Time"	3:22
5.	"The Winter Hit Hard"	5:42
6.	"I Can't Find My Brittle Youth"	3:11
7.	"This Is What We Do to Sell Out(s)"	3:05
8.	"The River Curls Around the Town"	3:23
9.	"Lines Low to Frozen Ground"	5:15
10.	"You're Worth the Whole World"	5:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Hood – music, post production, recording, mixing
• Doseone – additional vocals (1, 3, 10), additional lyrics (1, 3, 10)
• Why? – additional vocals (1, 3, 10), additional lyrics (1, 3, 10)
• Matthew Robson – additional drums (6)
• Sarah McWatt – flute
• Andrew Staveley – trumpet
• Richard Formby – acoustic guitar, recording
• Choque Hosein – post production, mixing
• C. Adams – photography
• S. Royle – photography
• M. Cooper – sleeve design

References

1. Bowe, Miles; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (20 April 2016). "The 30 best post-rock albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. Ham, Robert (19 December 2016). "The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums". Paste. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. Torreano, Bradley. "Cold House – Hood". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
4. Nelson, Adam. "Hood Recollected". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. "Cold House by Hood". United Kingdom: iTunes Store. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
6. Meyer, Bill (4 April 2002). "Hood". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
7. Tarry, Lucy (24 April 2002). "Hood – You Show No Emotion At All". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
8. "Reviews for Cold House by Hood". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
9. "Hood: Cold House". Alternative Press. No. 161. December 2001. p. 84.
10. Simpson, Dave (14 December 2001). "Hood: Cold House (Domino)". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
11. Bell, Duncan (December 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: Peel Sessions (Big Dada) / Plan 9: Meat Your Hypnotis (Mush) / Hood: Cold House (Domino)". Muzik. No. 79. p. 97.
12. Gardner, Noel (17 November 2001). "Hood : Cold House". NME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
13. Rooney, Nathan (9 January 2002). "Hood: Cold House". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
14. "Hood: Cold House". Q. No. 185. December 2001. p. 137.
15. Reynolds, Simon (December 2001). "Hood: Cold House". Spin. Vol. 17, no. 12. p. 163. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
16. Burns, Todd (1 September 2003). "Hood – Cold House – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
17. "Hood: Cold House". Uncut. No. 55. December 2001. p. 106.
18. Sherburne, Philip (10 January 2002). "Hood – Cold House (Aesthetics)". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

External links

• Cold House at Discogs (list of releases)
• Cold House at MusicBrainz (list of releases)