Hidden (These New Puritans album)

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HIDDEN
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Studio album by These New Puritans
Released 18 January 2010 (2010-01-18)
Recorded 2009 in London and Prague
Genre Art rock, neoclassical music, dancehall[1]
Length 43:02
Label Angular/Domino (joint)
Producer Jack Barnett, Graham Sutton
These New Puritans chronology
Beat Pyramid
(2008)Beat Pyramid2008		 Hidden
(2010)		 Field of Reeds
(2013)Field of Reeds2013
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
The Boston Phoenix 3/4 stars[3]
Drowned in Sound (9/10)[4]
Hot Press 3.5/5 stars[5]
NME (9/10)[6]
NOW 4/5 stars[7]
The Observer 5/5 stars[8]
Paste (8.9/10)[9]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10)[10]
Q 4/5 stars[11]

Hidden (often stylized as ĦỊĐĐỂŅ) is the second studio album by British art rock band These New Puritans. Featuring a wider sonic palette than previous work and sections played by a Czech orchestra, it was produced by frontman Jack Barnett and former Bark Psychosis leader Graham Sutton during 2009. Before their second album Hidden was released, Barnett revealed that he had been writing music for bassoon and stated that the aim was for a final product where "dancehall meets Steve Reich".[12] Barnett learned music notation in order to write the classical parts of the album, especially the brass and woodwind audio tracks. The mixing process was undertaken by Dave Cooley, who had previously focused on alternative hip hop and shoegazing artists, in Los Angeles using Barnett's input. Angular Recording Corporation and Domino Records released Hidden in most territories on 18 January 2010; the North American release date was 2 March. Angular's press release describes the album as including:

"Six-foot Japanese Taiko drums, a thirteen piece brass and woodwind en-semble, sub-heavy beats, prepared piano, a children’s choir, Foley recording techniques (including a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed), and the ethereal voice of Heather Marlatt from dream-pop group Salem."[13]

Hidden was voted NME album of the year for 2010.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Barnett, unless otherwise stated.

No. Title Length
1. "Time Xone"   2:07
2. "We Want War" (Jack Barnett, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers) 7:23
3. "Three Thousand"   2:49
4. "Hologram"   2:23
5. "Attack Music" (Jack Barnett, Thomas Hein) 4:48
6. "Fire–Power"   3:20
7. "Orion"   4:31
8. "Canticle"   1:12
9. "Drum Courts–Where Corals Lie" (Jack Barnett, Sir Edward Elgar, Richard Garnett) 6:14
10. "White Chords"   3:42
11. "5"   4:33

[14][15]

Chart positions

Chart (2010) Peak
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 49
Greek Albums Chart 46
UK Albums Chart 100
UK Indie Chart 10

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.thesenewpuritans.com/hiddenlive/about
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ The Boston Phoenix review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ Hot Press review
  6. ↑ NME review
  7. ↑ NOW review
  8. ↑ [2010-01-24 The Observer review]
  9. ↑ Paste review
  10. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  11. ↑ [2010-02 Q review]
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Angular website announcement
  14. ↑ NME.com new article
  15. ↑ 'Hidden' details on TheseNewPuritans.com
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