Around the House

Around the House
Studio album by
Herbert
Released27 July 1998 (1998-07-27)
RecordedJanuary 1997–April 1998
Genre
Length73:50
LabelPhonography
ProducerHerbert
Herbert chronology
Parts Remixed
(1996) 		Around the House
(1998) 		Bodily Functions
(2001)
Singles from Around the House
  1. "Going Round"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Never Give Up"
    Released: 1997
  3. "So Now..."
    Released: 1998

Around the House is a 1998 studio album by British electronic musician Herbert. It is an electroacoustic album using "samples of washing machines, toasters and toothbrushes, processed into swinging grooves".[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
MuzikStarStarStarStar[3]
Pitchfork8.7/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star[5]

John Bush of AllMusic deemed Around the House "much more suited to straight-ahead dance music than Herbert's previous work" and stated that Herbert "proves quite adept" at creating backing music for the album's featured vocalist Dani Siciliano.[2] Pitchfork reviewer Mark Richardson described Around the House as "a bit more focused on sound than song" compared to its 2001 follow-up Bodily Functions; while finding Bodily Functions a stronger album, he admitted that "this could well be a matter of which record I heard first" and concluded, "Both albums are loaded with music of exceptionally high quality."[4]

Around the House was named the 96th greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.UntitledM. Herbert0:52
2."So Now..."M. Herbert, D. Siciliano5:41
3."Around the House"M. Herbert4:34
4."Close to Me"M. Herbert6:37
5."The Last Beat"M. Herbert5:27
6."Going Round"M. Herbert, D. Siciliano6:55
7."This Time"M. Herbert, D. Siciliano8:04
8."We Still Have (The Music)"M. Herbert, D. Siciliano6:27
9."In the Kitchen"M. Herbert, R. Vine12:12
10."Never Give Up"M. Herbert11:43
11."We Go Wrong"M. Herbert5:11

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Matthew Herbert – production, piano, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, backing vocals
  • Dani Siciliano – vocals
  • R. Vine – guitar, bass guitar

References

  1. ^ Blackburn, Manuella (2021). "In Her Own Words: Practitioner Contribution 3". In Hamer, Laura (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music Since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 9781108470285. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Bush, John. "Around the House – Herbert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ Bush, Calvin (August 1998). "Herbert: Around the House". Muzik. No. 39. p. 64.
  4. ^ a b Richardson, Mark (14 March 2002). "Matthew Herbert: Around the House". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Herbert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 376. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. 17 November 2003. p. 1. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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