We Know About the Need is the first studio album by English post-rock band Bracken. It was released on Anticon in 2007.
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| Released | January 23, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 42:49 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Bracken | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Cokemahineglow | 65%[3] |
| Dusted Magazine | mixed[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10[5] |
| Stylus Magazine | B−[6] |
| XLR8R | 7/10[7] |
Reception edit
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, We Know About the Need received an average score of 72% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Marisa Brown of AllMusic said, "Bracken makes thoughtful, reflective music, like Brian Eno, or even fellow anticon labelmates Alias or cLOUDDEAD, music that refuses to sit entirely still, that attempts to convey the broad range of human emotion in the details of its composition, and, in the end, succeeds."[2]
In December 2007, American webzine Somewhere Cold ranked We Know About the Need No. 7 on their 2007 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame.[8]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Of Athroll Slains" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Heathens" | 4:19 |
| 3. | "(Int)" | 0:06 |
| 4. | "Fight or Flight" | 6:15 |
| 5. | "Safe Safe Safe" | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Music for Adverts" | 1:03 |
| 7. | "Evil Teeth" | 6:30 |
| 8. | "Four Thousand Style" | 5:39 |
| 9. | "La Monte Lament" | 0:50 |
| 10. | "Many Horses" | 2:32 |
| 11. | "Back on the Calder Line" | 7:17 |
References edit
- ^ a b "We Know About The Need - Bracken". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b Brown, Marisa. "Bracken - We Know About the Need". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Sinacola, Dom (17 March 2007). "Bracken: We Know About the Need". Cokemachineglow.
- ^ Dale, Jon (9 April 2007). "Bracken - We Know About the Need". Dusted Magazine.
- ^ Strew, Roque (19 January 2007). "Bracken: We Know About the Need". Pitchfork Media.
- ^ Orme, Mike (13 February 2007). "Bracken: We Know About the Need". Stylus Magazine.
- ^ Sisson, Patrick (26 April 2007). "We Know About the Need". XLR8R.
- ^ Lamoreaux, Jason T. (30 December 2007). "2007 Somewhere Cold Awards". Somewhere Cold. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
External links edit
- We Know About the Need at Discogs (list of releases)