Ravedeath, 1972

Ravedeath, 1972
A white wall with a black-and-white photo of students dropping an upright piano off the roof of MIT's Baker House. The text on the left side reads "Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972".
Studio album by
Tim Hecker
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2011[1]
RecordedJuly 21, 2010
StudioFrikirkjan Church, Reykjavík, Iceland[2]
Genre
Length52:24
LabelKranky
Tim Hecker chronology
An Imaginary Country
(2009) 		Ravedeath, 1972
(2011) 		Dropped Pianos
(2011)

Ravedeath, 1972 is the sixth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on February 14, 2011, by Kranky. The album was recorded primarily in Frikirkjan Church, Reykjavík, by Ben Frost. It makes prominent use of pipe organ, and was described by Hecker as "a hybrid of a studio and a live record."[3] It received universal acclaim from critics, with many reviewers acknowledging the album as Hecker's finest.

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