High Places
Studio album by
High Places
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008
GenrePsychedelic pop
Length30:00
LabelThrill Jockey
High Places chronology
03/07-09/07
(2008)		 High Places
(2008)		 High Places vs. Mankind
(2010)

High Places is the debut full-length from Brooklyn indie band High Places. The album was released September 23, 2008, by Thrill Jockey.

The track "From Stardust to Sentience" was listed as the 417th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
cokemachineglow(favourable)[4]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10.0[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
Prefix Magazine8.5/10.0[7]
Spin[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, High Places received an average score of 75 based on eleven reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[2] AllMusic reviewer Tim Sendra said that the album was "hopefully the first of many impressive and inspiring records to come from the duo."[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Storm" – 2:51
  2. "You in Forty Years" – 1:33
  3. "The Tree with the Lights in It" – 2:44
  4. "Vision's the First..." – 3:41
  5. "Gold Coin" – 3:52
  6. "Papaya Year" – 1:43
  7. "Namer" – 4:03
  8. "Golden" – 2:05
  9. "A Field Guide" – 3:59
  10. "From Stardust to Sentience" – 3:35

References

  1. ↑ Pitchfork Staff (17 August 2009). "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for High Places". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "High Places - High Places". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Amenta, Conrad (8 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Mark (24 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Fiander, Matthew (25 November 2008). "High Places: High Places". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Neyland, Nick (23 September 2008). "Album Review: High Places - High Places". Prefix magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Spin Staff (13 October 2008). "High Places, 'High Places' (Thrill Jockey)". Spin. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Constine, Josh. "High Places - High Places". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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