It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water

Studio album by The Microphones

Released

26 September 2000

Recorded

September 24, 1999 - March 6, 2000 at Dub Narcotic in Olympia, Washington

Genre

Indie rock

Length

41:26

Label

K Records

The Microphones chronology

Window
(2000)

It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
(2000)

Blood
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Consequence of Sound	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(9.2/10) ^[3]
Sputnikmusic	^[4]

It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water is the fourth studio album by The Microphones. First pressings of the album as an LP came in a gatefold sleeve with a pop-up, alternative front cover, and an insert with lyrics and a poster. A book of sheet music was also released.

Track listing

"the Pull" – 4:53
"Ice" – 2:19
"Sand" (Eric's Trip cover) – 1:53
"the Glow" – 11:06
"Karl Blau" – 1:43
"DRUMS" – 3:18
"the Gleam" – 2:52
"the Breeze" – 2:00
"(something)" – 4:34
"Between Your Ear and the Other Ear" – 3:13
"ORGANS" – 3:30

Personnel

References

↑ Phares, Heather. It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water at AllMusic
↑ Arroyo, Steven (Jun 7, 2013). "Album Review: Microphones - It was Hot, We Stayed in the Water [Reissue]". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Jun 7, 2013.
↑ Pitchfork Media review
↑ Sputnikmusic review

Phil Elverum

The Microphones

Adam Forkner Amber Bell Anna Oxygen Bronwyn Holm Calvin Johnson Dennis Driscoll Jenn Kliese Karl Blau Kyle Field Mikhaela Maricich Mirah Zeitlyn

Studio albums	Don't Wake Me Up (1999) It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (2000) The Glow Pt. 2 (2001) Mount Eerie (2003)

Miscellaneous albums	Microphone (1996) Wires and Cords (1997) Tests (1998) Window (2000) Blood (2001) Little Bird Flies into a Big Black Cloud (2002) Song Islands (2002) Live in Japan (2004)

Singles	"Bass Drum Dream" (1998) "Feedback (Life, Love, Loop)" (1999) "Moon Moon" (1999) "I Can't Believe You Actually Died" (2001) "The Moon" (2001) "Lanterns" (2002) "Don't Smoke" / "Get Off the Internet" (2007)

Mount Eerie

Studio albums	"No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005) Lost Wisdom (2008) Dawn (2008) Wind's Poem (2009) Clear Moon (2012) Ocean Roar (2012) Sauna (2015)

Miscellaneous albums	Live in Copenhagen (2004) Singers (2005) Eleven Old Songs of Mount Eerie (2005) White Stag (2009) Song Islands vol. 2 (2010) Live in Bloomington, September 30th, 2011 (2013) Pre-Human Ideas (2013)

EPs	Seven New Songs of "Mount Eerie" (2004) Mount Eerie Dances with Wolves (2004) Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 (2007) Black Wooden Ceiling Opening (2008) Black Wooden (2009)

Singles	"Twenty Bees" (2005) "I Whale" (2006) "Through the Trees" (2009) "To the Ground" (2012) "World Heaves" (2012) "Emptiness" (2014)

Other related acts

Record labels

P. W. Elverum & Sun
K Records
Knw-Yr-Own Records

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