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New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

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Released
  
2011

Artist
  
Colin Stetson

Label
  
Constellation Records

Nominations
  
Polaris Music Prize

Length
  
44:34

Release date
  
22 February 2011

Genres
  
Jazz, Experimental music

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New History Warfare Vol. 2 Judges' (2011)
  
New History Warfare Vol. 3 To See More Light (2013)

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Colin Stetson albums, Jazz albums

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New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges is an album by musician/multi-reedist Colin Stetson. The album was released by Constellation Records in 2011.

Contents

The music on New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges was captured entirely live in single takes at Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio, with no overdubs or looping, using over 20 mics positioned close and far throughout the live room. It features vocals from musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson ("Judges", "A Dream of Water", "All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)", and "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun"), and lead-singer of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden ("Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes" and "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun").

On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. In Review Online ranked the album number four on their list of the Top 15 Albums of 2011. Pitchfork placed the album at number 44 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011". In 2013, the opening track "Awake on Foreign Shores" was featured in the film 12 Years A Slave, as well as appearing in 2014's The Rover.

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Track listing

  1. "Awake on Foreign Shores"  –1:30
  2. "Judges"  – 5:13
  3. "The Stars in His Head [Dark Lights Remix] Bell Orchestre"  – 5:30
  4. "All the Days I've Missed You (ILAIJ I)"  – 1:15
  5. "From No Part of Me Could I Summon a Voice"  – 2:15
  6. "A Dream of Water"  – 3:35
  7. "Home"  – 3:12
  8. "Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes"  – 4:49
  9. "Clothed in the Skin of the Dead"  – 3:40
  10. "All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)"  – 0:36
  11. "Red Horse (Judges ll)"  – 2:57
  12. "The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man"  – 2:27
  13. "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun"  – 2:42
  14. "In Love and in Justice"  – 4:53

Songs

1Awake on Foreign Shores1:30
2Judges5:13
3The Stars in His Head (Dark Lights remix)5:30

References

New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Wikipedia


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