The Death of Quickspace

The Death Of Quickspace
Studio album by
Quickspace
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
GenreSpace rock, krautrock, noise pop, experimental rock
Length44:45
LabelKitty Kitty[1]
Matador[2]
ProducerTom Cullinan[2]
Quickspace chronology
Precious Falling
(1998) 		The Death Of Quickspace
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
NME[4]
Pitchfork8.3/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Select[8]

The Death Of Quickspace is the third and final album released by Quickspace.[9] It was released in 2000.[10]

Production

The album was written in the studio and recorded live.[11] It was produced by frontman Tom Cullinan.

Critical reception

NME wrote that "it seems Tom Cullinan‘s Krautrock disciples have hit upon a motorik El Dorado – a place where tedium is transcended by zealous determination, and glacial repetition becomes a thing of hushed and haunted beauty."[4] Ox-Fanzine deemed the album "a really good record with a pop character here, occasionally spiced up with sawing guitars."[12] Billboard wrote: "A bizarre semi-song cycle of fuzzed-out guitars and warbling strings that loops back on itself on multiple occasions, The Death Of Quickspace is anything but easily digestible."[2] The Sunday Times called the album "weird but wonderful," writing that "the smothering bass and protracted noodlings give way to something more fractured, culminating in the ceilidh-in-a-Munich- bierkeller brutality of the gloriously brusque closer, '4'."[1]

Track listing

  1. "The Lobbalong Song" – 4:11
  2. "They Shoot Horse, Don't They?" – 7:33
  3. "Climbing A Hill" – 11:03
  4. "Munchers, No Munchers" – 3:26
  5. "Gloriana" – 5:59
  6. "The Munchers" – 3:15
  7. "A Rose" – 6:15
  8. "Lob It" – 2:29
  9. "4" – 0:31

References

  1. ^ a b Cairns, Dan (2 April 2000). "On Record". Sunday Times: 20.
  2. ^ a b c "The Death Of Quickspace". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 15. 8 April 2000. p. 22.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. The Death of Quickspace at AllMusic
  4. ^ a b "The Death Of Quickspace". NME. 12 September 2005.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 716.
  6. ^ "Quickspace: The Death of Quickspace". Pitchfork.
  7. ^ "RollingStone.com: Recordings: Quickspace, The Death Of Quickspace, 3 Stars". Rolling Stone. 24 December 2001. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001.
  8. ^ Mullen, John (May 2000). "Album Reviews". Select.
  9. ^ "Quickspace | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ Athitakis, Mark. "Yo La Tengo with Quickspace". Riverfront Times.
  11. ^ "Music: POP CD RELEASES". The Guardian: 21. 24 March 2000.
  12. ^ Wittwer, Claus (March–May 2000). "Reviews: Quickspace / The Death of Quickspace CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2019.