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- NME9/10
- Dotmusic4.5/5
- Stylus MagazineB+
- AllMusic4/5
- URB4/5
- Pitchfork8/10
- Playlouder4/5
- Tiny Mix Tapes4/5
- Metacriticaggregate85/100
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 43 min
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Pause is the second album by Four Tet. It was released on 28 May 2001 in the United Kingdom and on 9 October 2001 in the United States. Pause was Four Tet's first release on Domino Recording Company; his debut album, Dialogue, had been distributed by Output Recordings. A recording of an office setting, most prominently featuring the sounds of typing on a computer keyboard, forms a recurring motif in the album; it both opens ("Glue of the World") and closes ("Hilarious Movie of the 90's") the album, and is also present in "Harmony One". Three tracks from Pause were later released in remixed form on Four Tet's Paws EP. The acoustic guitar track "Everything Is Alright" is used as the theme music for the National Public Radio programme On Point. The opening track "Glue of the World" is used in the background of the Six Feet Under episode "Someone Else's Eyes" (Season 2, Episode 9). This same track is used in the House M.D. episode 'Last Resort'. It is played over the top of various scenes from the hospital as the hostages are being released and/or detained.
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The fourth track entitled "Parks" contains a sample of "After the Snow, The Fragrance" and "Sanzen (Moment of Truth)" both from the album Music for Zen Meditation by jazz clarinetist Tony Scott.
In brief
- When was Pause released?
- Pause was released in 2001 on Domino Recording Co.
- How many tracks are on Pause?
- Pause has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
- What genre is Pause?
- Pause is catalogued under Indie, Electronic, Idm.
- What BPM is Pause?
- Pause runs at a median tempo of 113 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Pause?
- Listeners of Pause also rate Selected Ambient Works 85–92 by Aphex Twin, Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada, Geogaddi by Boards of Canada.