Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
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Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is the sixth studio album by American post-rock
band Explosions in the Sky
, which was released on 18 April 2011 in the UK, 25 April 2011 in Europe, and 26 April 2011 in the US.
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assigned it an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 30 reviews. Gregory Heaney of Allmusic compliments the album, saying "it feels as though Explosions in the Sky have developed an even greater sense of patience, allowing songs to build up more intricately without rushing their way into a huge moment of distortion-filled catharsis." Kevin Liedel of Slant Magazine gave it a 3 out of 5, saying "In the end, the Texas band can't help but eventually indulge their desire to produce epic, guitar-driven film-score material, and after some initial feints into other territory, Take Care is business as usual."
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
, which was released on 18 April 2011 in the UK, 25 April 2011 in Europe, and 26 April 2011 in the US.
Track listing
- "Last Known Surroundings" – 8:22
- "Human Qualities" – 8:10
- "Trembling Hands" – 3:31
- "Be Comfortable, Creature" – 8:48
- "Postcard from 1952" – 7:07
- "Let Me Back In" – 10:07
Design
The digipack edition of the album case can be unfolded to form a model of a house. If viewed from the inside, the view from the door of the house is overlooking a tornadoTornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
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Reception
The album mostly received positive reviews from critics, peaking at #81 alternative album on the iTunesITunes
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Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
assigned it an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 30 reviews. Gregory Heaney of Allmusic compliments the album, saying "it feels as though Explosions in the Sky have developed an even greater sense of patience, allowing songs to build up more intricately without rushing their way into a huge moment of distortion-filled catharsis." Kevin Liedel of Slant Magazine gave it a 3 out of 5, saying "In the end, the Texas band can't help but eventually indulge their desire to produce epic, guitar-driven film-score material, and after some initial feints into other territory, Take Care is business as usual."