The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
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| Studio album by Stars of the Lid | ||||
| Released | October 29, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, minimalist, drone | |||
| Length | 123:54 | |||
| Label | Kranky | |||
| Producer | Brian McBride, Adam Wiltzie | |||
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| Pitchfork Media | (8.6/10.0) |
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| Stylus Magazine | (A-) |
The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid is the sixth studio LP by ambient drone music group Stars of the Lid. It was released in late 2001 on the Kranky label, on two CDs and three LPs. The album features long minimal, droning compositions created from heavily treated guitar, horn, flute, piano, and other classical instruments. The second track, "Requiem For Dying Mothers, part 2", features a sample from the final scene of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker, where the character Monkey pushes a glass across a table by way of telekinesis as a dog whines and a train whistle blows in the distance. The third track, "Down 3", contains a sample from the soundtrack to John Frankenheimer's 1966 film Seconds.
The album was generally praised by critics. Thom Jurek, writing for Allmusic, stated:
The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid at number 187 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. Pitchfork Media also ranked the album number 6 on The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time list.
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