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Millions Now Living Will Never Die

by Tortoise

Millions Now Living Will Never Die is a 1996 post-rock album by Tortoise. It runs 6 tracks across 43 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 1 rating.

Post-Rock · Electronic · Experimental Rock

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43 min
Runtime
138 bpm
Tempo
A# minor
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die album cover

Millions Now Living Will Never Die album cover

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Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the second album by Chicago-based band Tortoise. Released in 1996 by Thrill Jockey Records, Millions ... is renowned as a groundbreaking album for post-rock; an uncredited review from Outersound.com declares that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement". In 2006 and 2008 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. The album also appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album's title is a reference to a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith in the 1920s. It is, for instance, the title of an essay by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, who was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. It was also the slogan of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. By March 1998, the album had sold over 50,000 copies, with 4/5 of the copies being CDs and the other fifth being LPs.

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Is Millions Now Living Will Never Die good?
Riffiter listeners rate Millions Now Living Will Never Die 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
When was Millions Now Living Will Never Die released?
Millions Now Living Will Never Die was released in 1996.
How many tracks are on Millions Now Living Will Never Die?
Millions Now Living Will Never Die has 6 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
What genre is Millions Now Living Will Never Die?
Millions Now Living Will Never Die is catalogued under Post-Rock, Electronic, Experimental Rock.
What BPM is Millions Now Living Will Never Die?
Millions Now Living Will Never Die runs at a median tempo of 138 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Millions Now Living Will Never Die?
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die at a glance

Label
Thrill Jockey
Recorded at
Chicago
Produced by
John McEntire

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