| New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 44:34 | |||
| Label | Constellation | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| cokemachineglow | (87%) [2] |
| InYourSpeakers | (79/100) [3] |
| konkret | (June 2011) "best album of the year so far" |
| LA Times | [4] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10) [5] |
| Tom Hull | A−[6] |
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges is an album by musician/multi-reedist Colin Stetson. The album was released by Constellation Records in 2011.
The music on New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges was captured entirely live in single takes at Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio, with no overdubs or looping (except for the french horn section on "All the days I've missed you", and guest vocals on various other tracks), using over 20 mics positioned throughout the live room. It features vocals from musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson ("Judges", "A Dream of Water", "All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)", and "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun"), and lead-singer of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden ("Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes" and "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun").[7]
- ^ Collar, Matt (2011-02-22). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ Joel Elliott (2011-03-21). "Colin Stetson: New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation; 2011) | Record Reviews @". Cokemachineglow.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ Brandt Kempin (2011-02-28). "Colin Stetson: New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges". inyourspeakers.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ Matt Diehl (2011-02-21). "Album review: Colin Stetson's 'New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges' - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ "Colin Stetson: New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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