Beacons of Ancestorship

Beacons of Ancestorship
Studio album by Tortoise
Released	23 June 2009
Genre	Post-rock
Length	43:39
Label	Thrill Jockey
Tortoise chronology
A Lazarus Taxon (2006) Beacons of Ancestorship (2009) The Catastrophist (2016)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B+[3]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)[4]
NME	(7/10)[5]
The Observer	favorable[6]
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10)[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Slant	[9]
All About Jazz	favorable[10]

Beacons of Ancestorship is an album released in 2009 by the Chicago instrumental experimental/post-rock band Tortoise.

Track listing

All tracks by Tortoise

1. "High Class Slim Came Floatin' In" – 8:14
2. "Prepare Your Coffin" – 3:37
3. "Northern Something" – 2:24
4. "Gigantes" – 6:21
5. "Penumbra" – 1:08
6. "Yinxianghechengqi" – 3:37
7. "The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One" – 3:40
8. "Minors" – 4:23
9. "Monument Six One Thousand" – 3:22
10. "de Chelly" – 1:46
11. "Charteroak Foundation" – 5:07

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Beacons of Ancestorship - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. Allmusic review
3. The A.V. Club review
4. Drowned in Sound review
5. NME review
6. The Observer review
7. Pitchfork Media review
8. PopMatters review
9. Slant review
10. All About Jazz review