The Catastrophist

The Catastrophist
Studio album by Tortoise
Released 22 January 2016
Genre Post-rock
Length 43:35
Label Thrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
Beacons of Ancestorship
(2009)
The Catastrophist
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubB[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Consequence of SoundB-[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
Mojo[1]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[6]
Popmatters[7]
Q[1]
Slant Magazine[8]
Uncut8/10[1]

The Catastrophist is the seventh studio album by the band Tortoise.

Track listing

All songs by Tortoise, unless noted

  1. "The Catastrophist" – 3:52
  2. "Ox Duke" – 4:49
  3. "Rock On" – 3:12 (by David Essex)
  4. "Gopher Island" – 1:13
  5. "Shake Hands with Danger" – 4:10
  6. "The Clearing Fills" – 4:22
  7. "Gesceap" – 7:37
  8. "Hot Coffee" – 3:53
  9. "Yonder Blue" – 3:18 (by Georgia Hubley and Tortoise)
  10. "Tesseract" – 3:54
  11. "At Odds with Logic" – 3:15

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 164

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Critic Reviews for The Catastrophist". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  2. Murray, Noel (January 22, 2016). "Tortoise crawls back, carrying the (post) post-rock banner". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. Kot, Greg (January 22, 2016). "Tortoise at its best when surprises flow on 'The Catastrophist'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  4. Zerbe, Jeremy (January 18, 2016). "Tortoise – The Catastrophist". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  5. Beedham, Tom (January 20, 2016). "Tortoise The Catastrophist". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. Cook, Cameron (January 19, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  7. Fitzgerald, Colin (January 11, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Popmatters. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  8. Aspray, Benjamin (January 11, 2016). "Tortoise: The Catastrophist". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Tortoise – The Catastrophist" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.


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