Depths (Windy & Carl album)

Depths
Studio album by Windy & Carl
Released	March 23, 1998 (1998-03-23)
Genre	Ambient drone
Length	70:01
Label	Kranky
Windy & Carl chronology
Antarctica: The Bliss Out, Vol. 2 (1997) Depths (1998) Consciousness (2001)

Depths is the fourth studio album by American musical duo Windy & Carl. It was released on March 23, 1998 by the record label Kranky.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	9.3/10[3]

Pitchfork ranked Depths as the 36th best ambient album of all time in 2016; in an accompanying essay, Mark Richardson cited it as "a peak" in Windy & Carl's "run of classic drone records" on the Kranky label.[4] Two years later, Pitchfork listed Depths as the 49th best album of 1998.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Carl Hultgren and Windy Weber

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sirens"	7:06
2.	"Undercurrent"	4:41
3.	"Set Adrift"	6:35
4.	"Depths"	19:02
5.	"The Silent Ocean"	3:35
6.	"Aquatica"	15:45
7.	"Surfacing"	13:17
Total length:		70:01

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

• Windy & Carl (Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren) – music
• Jody Helme – front cover and inside back cover photography
• Brenda Markovich – back cover photography
• Eric Pieti – inside photography

References

1. "KRANK 024 – Windy & Carl, 'Depths'". Brainwashed. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
2. Bush, John. "Depths – Windy & Carl". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
3. Josephes, Jason. "Windy and Carl: Depths". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 24, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
4. "The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. September 26, 2016. p. 2. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
5. "The 50 Best Albums of 1998". Pitchfork. February 12, 2018. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
6. Depths (liner notes). Windy & Carl. Kranky. 1998. krank024.

External links

• Depths at Discogs (list of releases)