New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

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New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
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Studio album by Colin Stetson
Released 2011
Genre Experimental
Length 44:34
Label Constellation
Colin Stetson chronology
New History Warfare Vol. 1
(2008)New History Warfare Vol. 12008		 New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges'
(2011)		 New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
(2013)New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light2013
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
cokemachineglow (87%) [2]
InYourSpeakers (79/100) [3]
konkret (June 2011) "best album of the year so far"
LA Times 3/4 stars [4]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [5]

New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges is a jazz 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, using over 20 mics positioned close and far 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").[6]

On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[7] On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. In Review Online ranked the album number four on their list of the Top 15 Albums of 2011.[7] Pitchfork placed the album at number 44 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011".[8] In 2013, the opening track "Awake on Foreign Shores" was featured in the film 12 Years A Slave, as well as appearing in 2014's The Rover.

Track listing

  1. "Awake on Foreign Shores"  –1:30
  2. "Judges"  – 5:13
  3. "The Stars in His Head [Dark Lights Remix] Bell Orchestre"  – 5:30
  4. "All the Days I've Missed You (ILAIJ I)"  – 1:15
  5. "From No Part of Me Could I Summon a Voice"  – 2:15
  6. "A Dream of Water"  – 3:35
  7. "Home"  – 3:12
  8. "Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes"  – 4:49
  9. "Clothed in the Skin of the Dead"  – 3:40
  10. "All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)"  – 0:36
  11. "Red Horse (Judges ll)"  – 2:57
  12. "The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man"  – 2:27
  13. "Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun"  – 2:42
  14. "In Love and in Justice"  – 4:53

References

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