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Future Release | Standards CD (2001)  
Chicago's post-rock godfathers Tortoise use STANDARDS as an opportunity to scale down from the computer-based constructions of their previous TNT. Instead of incorporating their former cut-and-paste method of composition on their fourth full-length album, the quintet return to playing and ... |
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Definitive Album | A Lazarus Taxon CDs (2006) 
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With their impeccable musical sophistication, daunting technical chops, and skill at synthesizing disparate styles in innovative ways, it's easy to tag Tortoise as the reigning kings of the so-called post-rock sound. Each of their five studio albums (discounting their one-off, ... |
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Highly Rated | Tortoise CD (1994) 
Unless you go back to their '70s influences (everything from dub to fusion to Eno), very little prefigured the arrival of Chicago's Tortoise. They helped create and virtually define what became known as post-rock, venturing beyond pop/rock song-structure and forsaking ... |
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Highly Rated | It's All Around You CD (2004) 
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In the second half of the 1990s, Chicago's Tortoise embodied the forward-looking, genre-bending, usually instrumental style that came to be known as post-rock. They've been refining their approach ever since, and IT'S ALL AROUND YOU offers an extremely concise version ... |
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| Tortoise CD (1994)
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| It's All Around You CD (2004)
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| Standards CD (2001)
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| Beacons Of Ancestorship CD (2009)
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| In The Fishtank CD (1999)
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Top Seller | Millions Now Living Will Never Die CD (1996) 
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| TNT CD (1998)
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| A Lazarus Taxon CDs (2006)
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| Brave & The Bold CD (2006)
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| Digest Compendium Of The Tortoise's World CD (2001)
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| Millions Now Living CD (1996)
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| Moog CD (2004)
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| Busy, Curious, Thirsty CD
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| Techno Animal Vs. Reality CD (1998)
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 Tortoise Songs
Popular or famous Tortoise music songs: Alcohall On Noble, Deltitnu, Five too Many, T.N.T., Blackjack, Along the Banks of Rivers, Six Pack, Glass Museum. More music songs Eden 2, Ry Cooder, Cornpone Brunch, Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Speakeasy, Eden 1, Monica, Seneca, Benway, On the Chin. More music songs Spiderwebbed, Night Air.
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Tortoise albums Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | John McEntire | Red Krayola, Sea & Cake, Eleventh Dream Day, Stereolab, Bright Eyes, Gastr Del Sol, David Grubbs, Sam Prekop, Risil | | John Herndon | Isotope 217, Eternals, Exploding Star Orchestra, Buck 65, Bumps, Bill Dixon, For Carnation, Rob Mazurek, Powerhouse Sound | | Dan Bitney | Isotope 217, Bright Eyes, Buck 65, Bumps, Chicago Underground Orchestra, Euphone, 5ive Style, Peat Moss, Tar Babies | | Douglas McCombs | Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, David Daniell, Buck 65, Califone, Paul (Singer Duncan, For Carnation, Pullman | | Jeff Parker | Jeff Parker (Guitar), Fred Anderson (Sax), Isotope 217, Chicago Underground Trio, Dailey & Vincent, Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble, Nicole Mitchell (Flute), Matana Roberts, Tricolor |
Tortoise CD discography More Music Artists
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I Am The Avalanche, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
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