Released 28 May 2001 Length 43:08 Artist Four Tet Producer Four Tet | Recorded Spring and summer 2000 Pause
(2001) Paws
(2001) Release date 28 May 2001 Label Domino Recording Company | |
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Genres Electronica, Folktronica, Post-rock Similar Rounds, Dialogue, Everything Ecstatic, Pink, Live in Copenhagen 30th Marc | ||
Pause is the second album by Four Tet. It was released on 28 May 2001 in the United Kingdom and on 9 October 2001 in the United States. Pause was Four Tet's first release on Domino Records; his debut album, Dialogue, had been distributed by Output Recordings.
Contents
A recording of an office setting, most prominently featuring the sounds of typing on a computer keyboard, forms a recurring motif in the album; it both opens ("Glue of the World") and closes ("Hilarious Movie of the 90's") the album, and is also present in "Harmony One".
Three tracks from Pause were later released in remixed form on Four Tet's Paws EP.
The acoustic guitar track "Everything Is Alright" is used as the theme music for the National Public Radio programme On Point.
The opening track "Glue of the World" is used in the background of the Six Feet Under episode "Someone Else's Eyes" (Season 2, Episode 9). This same track is used in the House M.D. episode 'Last Resort'. It is played over the top of various scenes from the hospital as the hostages are being released and/or detained.
The fourth track entitled "Parks" contains a sample of "After the Snow, The Fragrance" and "Sanzen (Moment of Truth)" both from the album Music for Zen Meditation by jazz clarinetist Tony Scott.
Track listing
All tracks written by Kieran Hebden.
Songs
1Glue of the World5:02
2Twenty Three3:34
3Harmony One1:42