The Eraser
| The Eraser | |
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| Thom Yorke studio album | |
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Publication |
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| Label (s) | XL recordings |
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
41:01 min. |
The Eraser is the first solo album by Thom Yorke , best known as the front man of the band Radiohead . It was released in July 2006 and ranked third on the UK album charts in its first week and second in the US and Canada. Musically, the album continues electronic approaches, as they can already be found in Radioheads Kid A , in the direction of the bands Autechre or Squarepusher , which are valued by Yorke , but without appearing particularly artificial or losing melodiousness thanks to his singing .
Black Swan , Harrowdown Hill and analysis were as single released, also appeared with Feathers Spitting a B-sides - EP for the Japanese market.
Track list
- The Eraser - 4:55
- Analysis - 4:02
- The Clock - 4:13
- Black Swan - 4:49
- Skip Divided - 3:35
- Atoms for Peace - 5:13
- And It Rained All Night - 4:15
- Harrowdown Hill - 4:38
- Cymbal Rush - 5:15
content
The album by the politically active artist is pervaded by numerous allusions, for example Atoms for Peace was the title of a speech that Dwight D. Eisenhower gave in 1953 on the peaceful use of atomic energy and is also the motto of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) .
Even the title refers Harrowdown Hill at the place where in 2003 the body of David Kelly , the alleged BBC - informants of-government report on the existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction , was found. Kelly officially committed suicide, which Yorke doubts, as suggested by the line of text “Did I fall or was I pushed?” ( Eng. “Did I fall or was I pushed?”).
Cover
The black and white cover shows a man in a trench coat and hat trying to command the waves back like Canute the Great , a medieval Danish king of England . According to legend, this failed him and he saw it as proof that there was no real king but Jesus , so he took his crown off forever. Floating in the waves suggests London buildings such as the Tower of London , the Houses of Parliament and the Thames Barrier . It was created by Stanley Donwood , who, together with Yorke, had also done the artwork for most of Radiohead's albums and the band's website .
reception
The majority of the critics received the album positively. The British music magazine New Musical Express said that The Eraser, like Kid A, will divide some fans. “'Kid B'? Yes, OK - but Radiohead will never do such an album again, and as a twin it is definitely on par. ”( Louis Pattison ) The Rolling Stone described the album as“ excellent ”and awarded four stars out of five. The Eraser is full of moments of waiting for the rest of the band [Radiohead] to kick in, but that doesn't happen.
Andreas Bättig gave the album the highest rating on laut.de and wrote:
“Thom Yorke lets us look into his most intimate world of thoughts. What delicately thrashes at us is as enchanting as it is gloomy, as incomprehensible as it is clear. "
Barry Walters was less enthusiastic about the textual content in the Village Voice on July 7, 2006:
"Yorke's voice has rarely sounded better, but the context is disappointing."
Web links
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- ↑ Radiohead At Ease News. (No longer available online.) In: ateaseweb.com. June 14, 2006, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; Retrieved April 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Louis Pattison: NME Reviews - Thom Yorke: The Eraser. In: nme.com. NME.COM, accessed April 29, 2016 (UK English).
- ^ Album Reviews, Ratings, and Best New Albums. In: rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone, accessed April 29, 2016 .
- ^ New York Music News, Concerts and Reviews. In: villagevoice.com. Village Voice, accessed April 29, 2016 .
