Beacons of Ancestorship

Beacons of Ancestorship
Studio album by Tortoise
Released 23 June 2009
Genre Post-rock
Length 43:39
Label Thrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
A Lazarus Taxon
(2006)		 Beacons of Ancestorship
(2009)		 The Catastrophist
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[4]
NME(7/10)[5]
The Observerfavorable[6]
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10)[7]
PopMatters[8]
Slant[9]
All About Jazzfavorable[10]

Beacons of Ancestorship is an album released in 2009 by the Chicago instrumental experimental/post-rock band Tortoise.

Track listing

All tracks by Tortoise

  1. "High Class Slim Came Floatin' In" – 8:14
  2. "Prepare Your Coffin" – 3:37
  3. "Northern Something" – 2:24
  4. "Gigantes" – 6:21
  5. "Penumbra" – 1:08
  6. "Yinxianghechengqi" – 3:37
  7. "The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One" – 3:40
  8. "Minors" – 4:23
  9. "Monument Six One Thousand" – 3:22
  10. "de Chelly" – 1:46
  11. "Charteroak Foundation" – 5:07

References

  1. ↑ "Critic Reviews for Beacons of Ancestorship - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ NME review
  6. ↑ The Observer review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ↑ PopMatters review
  9. ↑ Slant review
  10. ↑ All About Jazz review
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