It's All Around You
2004 studio album by Tortoise
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It's All Around You is the fifth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2004.
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| Released | April 6, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Soma | |||
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| Length | 43:37 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[10] |
| The Village Voice |  [11] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68% based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
In 2011, American rapper Currensy named it one of his 25 favorite albums, stating: "I don’t do major drugs, but it was an acid trip in audio form."[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, Jeff Parker.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "It's All Around You" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "The Lithium Stiffs" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Crest" | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Stretch (You Are All Right)" | 5:14 |
| 5. | "Unknown" | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Dot/Eyes" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "On the Chin" | 5:21 |
| 8. | "By Dawn" | 1:51 |
| 9. | "Five Too Many" | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Salt the Skies" | 4:45 |
| Total length: | 43:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Elmerson, Lincoln, & Palmieri" | 2:36 |
| 12. | "Deltitnu" | 5:49 |
| Total length: | 52:02 | |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] | 31 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] | 13 |