Scale is an album by Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert , also known as Herbert, Doctor Rockit, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, and Wishmountain, is a British electronic musician...

, released May 29, 2006. According to the liner notes

Liner notes

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 613 objects were used to create the album. These include traditional instruments such as violin

Violin

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s and guitar

Guitar

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s and other objects such as breakfast cereal

Breakfast cereal

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, gas pumps and coffins.

On MSNBC's website Year In Review, Scale was listed as one of ten albums worth a listen in 2006. Pitchfork Media ranked Scale #35 on the Top 50 Albums of 2006.

Pitchfork Media also listed the song "Something Isn't Right" as the 340th best song of the 2000s.

Track listing

1. "Something Isn't Right" – 3:45
2. "The Movers and the Shakers" – 4:15
3. "Moving Like a Train" – 5:53
4. "Harmonise" – 5:39
5. "We're in Love" – 4:43
6. "Birds of a Feather" – 5:05
7. "Those Feelings" – 4:23
8. "Down" – 6:12
9. "Movie Star" – 4:14
10. "Just Once" – 6:15
11. "Wrong" – 1:02