Death Peak is the eighth studio album by British electronic musician Chris Clark and the sixth one under the moniker Clark. Announced on 17 February 2017, it was released on 7 April 2017 by Warp Records.[1] Upon its announcement its first single, "Peak Magnetic", was released freely for streaming on SoundCloud.[2] The design of the album cover is that of a crumpled photograph of Clark himself, produced by photographer Alma Haser.[3]
| Death Peak | ||||
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| Released | 7 April 2017 | |||
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| Length | 43:32 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Chris Clark | |||
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| Singles from Death Peak | ||||
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It peaked at number 11 on the UK Dance Albums Chart[4] and number 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[5]
Critical reception edit
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[8] |
| Clash | 7/10[9] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[10] |
| Loud and Quiet | 9/10[11] |
| Paste | 7.3/10[12] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10[13] |
| PopMatters |   [14] |
| The Quietus | (favourable)[15] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.0/5[16] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "Death Peak is a very good album, and anyone who's followed Clark since Clarence Park should be happy with the twists and turns he continues to take."[14] Paul Clarke of Resident Advisor gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, describing the music on the album as IDM, techno and ambient, saying: "A large part of Death Peak—despite the morbid title—contains some of Clark's most accessible and melodic dance floor tracks."[16] Loud and Quiet's Luke Cartledge, in his positive review, praised the album for possessing "bizarre, profound (and not always entirely pleasant) impact."[11] Clash rated the album 7 out of 10 portraying the album as "nine-track barrage of industrial experimentalism."[9] The publication named it the 33rd best album of 2017.[17]
Track listing edit
Track listing taken from Bleep.com.[18]
All tracks are written by Chris Clark
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Spring But Dark" | 1:18 |
| 2. | "Butterfly Prowler" | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Peak Magnetic" | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Hoova" | 5:07 |
| 5. | "Slap Drones" | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Aftermath" | 2:01 |
| 7. | "Catastrophe Anthem" | 6:35 |
| 8. | "Living Fantasy" | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Un U.K." | 9:56 |
| Total length: | 43:32 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Licht" (Pink Strobe version) | 7:19 |
Personnel edit
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Death Peak.[19]
Additional musicians edit
Technical personnel edit
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Artwork edit
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Charts edit
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Dance Albums (OCC)[4] | 11 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5] | 20 |
References edit
- ^ "Warp veteran Clark announces new album Death Peak – listen to the first single". Fact Magazine. 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Peak Magnetic". SoundCloud. 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b "When Alma met Clark". Creative Review. 10 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Death Peak by Clark". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Death Peak – Clark : Songs, Credits, Reviews". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ O'Neal, Sean (7 April 2017). "Clark's Death Peak hides a lot of surprising beauty beneath its ominous crags". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b Pritchard, Will (7 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Clash. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Mathieu, Joseph (5 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Exclaim!. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b Cartledge, Luke (4 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak - Album review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Ham, Robert (13 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak Review". Paste. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Howe, Brian (8 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b Schiller, Mike (10 May 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Chen, Laurie (11 April 2017). "The Quietus | Reviews | Clark". The Quietus. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b Clarke, Paul (3 May 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Clash Albums Of The Year 2017". Clash. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Clark Death Peak". Bleep.com. 17 February 2017.
- ^ Death Peak (CD liner notes). Clark. Warp. 2017. WARPCD282.
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External links edit
- Death Peak at Discogs (list of releases)