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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