Millions Now Living Will Never Die
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the second album by the Chicago
-based band Tortoise
. Released in 1996 by Thrill Jockey
Records, Millions... is renowned as a groundbreaking album for post-rock
; an uncredited review from Outersound.com declares that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement". In 2008 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties
-curated Don't Look Back
series. The album also appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
.
The album's title comes from a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith, especially in the early 1900s.
It is, for instance, the title of an essay by Joseph Franklin Rutherford
, who was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based band Tortoise
Tortoise (band)
Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990.-Music:Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in...
. Released in 1996 by Thrill Jockey
Thrill Jockey
Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards.-History:...
Records, Millions... is renowned as a groundbreaking album for post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
; an uncredited review from Outersound.com declares that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement". In 2008 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
-curated Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back (concert series)
Don't Look Back is a yearly series of concerts in which London based promoters All Tomorrow's Parties ask artists and bands to play one of their seminal albums live in its entirety...
series. The album also appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
.
The album's title comes from a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith, especially in the early 1900s.
It is, for instance, the title of an essay by Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Joseph Franklin Rutherford , also known as "Judge" Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established...
, who was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
Track listing
- "Djed" – 20:57
- "Glass Museum" – 5:27
- "A Survey" – 2:52
- "The Taut and Tame" – 5:01
- "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" – 2:49
- "Along the Banks of Rivers" – 5:50
- "Gamera" (bonus track) – 11:55
- "Goriri" (bonus track) – 6:39
- "Restless Waters" (bonus track) – 3:41
- "A Grape Dope" (bonus track) - 4:12
- Tracks 7–9 are not on the American version of the album.
- Track 10 is on the Japanese version of the album.