''Around the House'' is a 1998 studio album by British electronic musician

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. It is an electroacoustic album using " samples of washing machines, toasters and toothbrushes, processed into swinging grooves".

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic deemed ''Around the House'' "much more suited to straight-ahead dance music than Herbert's previous work" and stated that Herbert "proves quite adept" at creating backing music for the album's featured vocalist Dani Siciliano. '' Pitchfork'' reviewer Mark Richardson described ''Around the House'' as "a bit more focused on sound than song" compared to its 2001 follow-up '' Bodily Functions''; while finding ''Bodily Functions'' a stronger album, he admitted that "this could well be a matter of which record I heard first" and concluded, "Both albums are loaded with music of exceptionally high quality." ''Around the House'' was named the 96th greatest album of the 1990s by ''Pitchfork''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

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– production, piano, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, backing vocals * Dani Siciliano – vocals * R. Vine – guitar, bass guitar

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1998 albums Matthew Herbert albums Electroacoustic music albums