Tortoise Songs List

Spin: Ranked #67 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Djed
• 2.Glass Museum
• 3.A Survey
• 4.The Taut and Tame
• 5.Dear Grandma and Grandpa
• 6.Along the Banks of Rivers

Alternative Press: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "BEACONS OF ANCESTORSHIP's killer first track is an eight-minute, sour mash of bass-heavy synthesizer funk..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.High Class Slim Came Floatin' In
• 2.Prepare Your Coffin
• 3.Northern Something
• 4.Gigantes
• 5.Penumbra
• 6.Yinxianghechengqi
• 7.The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One
• 8.Minors
• 9.Monument Six One Thousand
• 10.De Chelly
• 11.Charteroak Foundation

Melody Maker: 4.5 stars out of 5 - "Chicagoan post-rocker's debut album, and still their best. Out of the weird, spooky, clanking noises come 'proper tunes'. Xylophones have never sounded sexier..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Magnet Pulls Through
• 2.Night Air
• 3.Ry Cooder
• 4.Onions Wrapped in Rubber
• 5.Tin Cans & Twine
• 6.Spiderwebbed
• 7.His Second Story Island
• 8.On Noble
• 9.Flyrod
• 10.Cornpone Brunch

Spin: "[Parker's] controlled playing, a lean thrum of pocket-lint noise, is a valued commodity in Chicago's avant-jazz underground; on IT'S ALL AROUND YOU, it gives Tortoise their 22nd-century jam-band edge." - Grade: B

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.It's All Around You
• 2.The Lithium Stiffs
• 3.Crest
• 4.Stretch (You Are All Right)
• 5.Unknown
• 6.Dot / Eyes
• 7.On The Chin
• 8.By Dawn
• 9.Five Too Many
• 10.Salt The Skies

Alternative Press: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "BEACONS OF ANCESTORSHIP's killer first track is an eight-minute, sour mash of bass-heavy synthesizer funk..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.High Class Slim Came Floatin' In
• 2.Prepare Your Coffin
• 3.Northern Something
• 4.Gigantes
• 5.Penumbra
• 6.Yinxianghechengqi
• 7.The Fall Of Seven Diamonds Plus One
• 8.Minors
• 9.Monument Six One Thousand
• 10.De Chelly
• 11.Charteroak Foundation
• 12.High Class Slim Came Floatin' In (Eyeremix)

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Seneca
• 2.Eros
• 3.Benway
• 4.Firefly
• 5.Six Pack
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Eden 2
• 2.Monica
• 3.Blackjack
• 4.Eden 1
• 5.Speakeasy

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Tortoise mix of pelvic trance grooves and jazzy changes remains distinctive."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.The Catastrophist
• 2.Ox Duke
• 3.Rock On
• 4.Gopher Island
• 5.Shake Hands With Danger
• 6.The Clearing Fills
• 7.Gesceap
• 8.Hot Coffee
• 9.Yonder Blue
• 10.Tesseract
• 11.At Odds With Logic

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Alcohall
• 2.Your New Rod
• 3.Cobwebbed
• 4.The Match Incident
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Tin Cans (The Puerto Rican Mix)
• 2.Not Quite East Of The Ryan
• 3.Initial Gesture Protraction
• 4.Cornpone Brunch

Down Beat: 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Highly palatable anthems boasting syncopated rhythms, crunching fuzz-toned guitars and meaty analog electronics..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Seneca
• 2.Eros
• 3.Benway
• 4.Firefly
• 5.Six Pack
• 6.Eden 2
• 7.Monica
• 8.Blackjack
• 9.Eden 1
• 10.Speakeasy