Bodily Functions (album)

Bodily Functions
Studio album by Herbert
Released June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05)
Recorded 1997–2001
Genre Electronic, jazz
Length 72:14
Label !K7
Producer Matthew Herbert
Herbert chronology
Around the House
(1998)		 Bodily Functions
(2001)		 Secondhand Sounds
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media8.8/10[2]
Resident Advisor4.5/5[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Slant Magazine[5]
Spin8/10[6]
Uncut[7]

Bodily Functions is a studio album by British electronic musician Herbert. It was released by !K7 Records in 2001.

Reception

John Bush of AllMusic described Bodily Functions as "the perfect marriage of art and intelligence".[1] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said: "Often jazzy, often housey and sometimes folky, the album rarely misses a beat in any of its assumed genres."[5] PopMatters writer Kevin Strychalski called the album Herbert's "Mona Lisa", writing that "never before has an artist working within the electronic medium delivered an album of such depth and maturity."[8]

Pitchfork Media placed Bodily Functions at number 173 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[9] It was also named the 16th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.[10]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "You're Unknown to Me"   2:13
2. "It's Only"   7:21
3. "Foreign Bodies"   5:37
4. "Suddenly"   6:29
5. "I Know"   4:24
6. "Leave Me Now"   6:36
7. "The Last Beat"   4:20
8. "You Saw It All"   7:04
9. "On Reflection"   4:29
10. "About This Time Each Day"   3:44
11. "Addiction"   6:44
12. "I Miss You"   4:52
13. "It's Only a Reprise"   1:57
14. "The Audience"   6:15

References

  1. 1 2 Bush, John. "Bodily Functions – Herbert". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Paul (5 June 2001). "Matthew Herbert: Bodily Functions". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Stubbs, David (7 January 2013). "Matthew Herbert – Bodily Functions". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (11 June 2001). "Bodily Functions : Herbert". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 Cinquemani, Sal (14 June 2001). "Herbert: Bodily Functions". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Simon (July 2001). "Herbert: Bodily Functions". Spin 17 (7): 135. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Herbert: Bodily Functions". Uncut (51): 92. August 2001.
  8. ↑ Strychalski, Kevin (4 June 2001). "Herbert: Bodily Functions". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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