Death Peak

Death Peak is the eighth studio album by British electronic musician Chris Clark and the sixth one under the moniker Clark. Announced on 17 February 2017, it was released on 7 April 2017 by Warp Records.[1] Upon its announcement its first single, "Peak Magnetic", was released freely for streaming on SoundCloud.[2] The design of the album cover is that of a crumpled photograph of Clark himself, produced by photographer Alma Haser.[3]

Death Peak
Studio album by
Clark
Released7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
Genre
Length43:32
LabelWarp
ProducerChris Clark
Clark chronology
The Last Panthers
(2016)		 Death Peak
(2017)		 Kiri Variations
(2019)
Singles from Death Peak
  1. "Peak Magnetic"
    Released: 17 February 2017

It peaked at number 11 on the UK Dance Albums Chart[4] and number 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[5]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
Clash7/10[9]
Exclaim!8/10[10]
Loud and Quiet9/10[11]
Paste7.3/10[12]
Pitchfork7.4/10[13]
PopMatters[14]
The Quietus(favourable)[15]
Resident Advisor4.0/5[16]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "Death Peak is a very good album, and anyone who's followed Clark since Clarence Park should be happy with the twists and turns he continues to take."[14] Paul Clarke of Resident Advisor gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, describing the music on the album as IDM, techno and ambient, saying: "A large part of Death Peak—despite the morbid title—contains some of Clark's most accessible and melodic dance floor tracks."[16] Loud and Quiet's Luke Cartledge, in his positive review, praised the album for possessing "bizarre, profound (and not always entirely pleasant) impact."[11] Clash rated the album 7 out of 10 portraying the album as "nine-track barrage of industrial experimentalism."[9] The publication named it the 33rd best album of 2017.[17]

Track listing

Track listing taken from Bleep.com.[18]

All tracks are written by Chris Clark.

No.TitleLength
1."Spring But Dark"1:18
2."Butterfly Prowler"4:27
3."Peak Magnetic"5:43
4."Hoova"5:07
5."Slap Drones"4:18
6."Aftermath"2:01
7."Catastrophe Anthem"6:35
8."Living Fantasy"4:07
9."Un U.K."9:56
Total length:43:32
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Licht" (Pink Strobe version)7:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Death Peak.[19]

Charts
Chart Peak
position
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[4] 11
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5] 20
gollark: Hellohi!
gollark: You can use Ikea product names if you want a good source of vaguely human-sounding ones.
gollark: I go around considering the ethics of DC for immersion, mostly, but whatever.
gollark: Especially if you use the actual Kill action.
gollark: Whilst I disagree ethically with zombie production, good luck!

References
  1. "Warp veteran Clark announces new album Death Peak – listen to the first single". Fact Magazine. 17 February 2017.
  2. "Peak Magnetic". SoundCloud. 17 February 2017.
  3. "When Alma met Clark". Creative Review. 10 April 2017.
  4. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. "Reviews for Death Peak by Clark". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. Phares, Heather. "Death Peak – Clark : Songs, Credits, Reviews". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. O'Neal, Sean (7 April 2017). "Clark's Death Peak hides a lot of surprising beauty beneath its ominous crags". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. Pritchard, Will (7 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Clash. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. Mathieu, Joseph (5 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Exclaim!. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. Cartledge, Luke (4 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak - Album review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. Ham, Robert (13 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak Review". Paste. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. Howe, Brian (8 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. Schiller, Mike (10 May 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. Chen, Laurie (11 April 2017). "The Quietus | Reviews | Clark". The Quietus. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. Clarke, Paul (3 May 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  17. "Clash Albums Of The Year 2017". Clash. 19 December 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  18. "Clark Death Peak". Bleep.com. 17 February 2017.
  19. Death Peak (CD liner notes). Clark. Warp. 2017. WARPCD282.CS1 maint: others (link)
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