Silent Movies

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Silent Movies
File:Silent Movies.jpg
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released September 28, 2010
Length 60:32
Label Pi
Producer JD Foster
Marc Ribot chronology
Party Intellectuals
(2008)Party Intellectuals2008
Silent Movies
(2010)
Your Turn
(2013)Your Turn2013

Silent Movies are 13 solo guitar compositions by Marc Ribot released September 28, 2010 on Pi Recordings.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
PopMatters 9/10 stars[3]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[4]

The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 87% from 7 reviews.[5]The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "For those interested in one of the more compelling and quietly provocative and graceful guitar records of 2010, Silent Movies is well worth seeking out".[2] PopMatters correspondent Will Layman said "Marc Ribot really ought to have the opportunity to score films more often, because the results can be breathtaking".[3] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes observed "he indulges the yearning melodic sensibility that hides hooks in even his noisiest recordings, and increasingly defines his playing".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marc Ribot, aside from track 13 written by Hubert Giraud.

  1. "Variation 1" – 1:51
  2. "Delancey Waltz" – 3:18
  3. "Flicker" – 5:22
  4. "Empty" – 2:04
  5. "Natalia in E-Flat Major" – 5:16
  6. "Solaris" – 3:47
  7. "Requiem for a Revolution" – 5:31
  8. "Fat Man Blues" – 4:49
  9. "Bateau" – 4:59
  10. "Radio" – 4:05
  11. "Postcards from N.Y." – 8:31
  12. "The Kid" – 4:16
  13. "Sous le Ciel de Paris" – 6:46

Personnel

References

  1. Pi Recordinds album entry accessed August 4, 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Layman, W., PopMatters Review, October 24, 2010
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hermes, W., Marc Ribot: Silent Movies Review, Rolling Stone, November 16, 2010
  5. Metacritic summary, accessed February 11, 2014