High Places (album)

High Places is the debut full-length from Brooklyn indie band High Places. The album was released September 23, 2008, by Thrill Jockey.

High Places
Studio album by
High Places
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008
GenrePsychedelic pop
Length30:00
LabelThrill Jockey
High Places chronology
03/07-09/07
(2008)		 High Places
(2008)		 High Places vs. Mankind
(2010)

The track "From Stardust to Sentience" was listed as the 417th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
cokemachineglow(favourable)[4]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10.0[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
Prefix Magazine8.5/10.0[7]
Spin[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, High Places received an average score of 75 based on eleven reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[2] AllMusic reviewer Tim Sendra said that the album was "hopefully the first of many impressive and inspiring records to come from the duo."[3]

Track listing
  1. "The Storm" – 2:51
  2. "You in Forty Years" – 1:33
  3. "The Tree with the Lights in It" – 2:44
  4. "Vision's the First..." – 3:41
  5. "Gold Coin" – 3:52
  6. "Papaya Year" – 1:43
  7. "Namer" – 4:03
  8. "Golden" – 2:05
  9. "A Field Guide" – 3:59
  10. "From Stardust to Sentience" – 3:35
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References
  1. Pitchfork Staff (17 August 2009). "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. "Critic Reviews for High Places". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. Sendra, Tim. "High Places - High Places". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. Amenta, Conrad (8 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. Richardson, Mark (24 September 2008). "High Places: High Places". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. Fiander, Matthew (25 November 2008). "High Places: High Places". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. Neyland, Nick (23 September 2008). "Album Review: High Places - High Places". Prefix magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  8. Spin Staff (13 October 2008). "High Places, 'High Places' (Thrill Jockey)". Spin. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. Constine, Josh. "High Places - High Places". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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