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Arches and Aisles

{{Infobox album|

| name = Arches and Aisles

| type = Album

| artist = The Spinanes

| cover = SpinanesArchesandAisles.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 23, 1998

| recorded = 1998

| venue =

| studio = *Easley-McCain (Memphis, Tennessee)

  • Soma (Chicago, Illinois){{Cite web |title=Rebecca Gates: The Spinanes' Star Floats On |last=Antrim |first=Taylor |publisher=NPR |date=August 21, 2012 |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/08/21/159395172/rebecca-gates-the-spinanes-star-floats-on }}

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|chamber-rock}}

| length = 42:31

| label = Sub Pop

| producer =

| prev_title = Strand

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Imp Years

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/arches-and-aisles-mw0000598445 |title=Arches and Aisles - The Spinanes |last=Gallucci |first=Michael |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-05-12}}

|rev2= Christgau's Consumer Guide |rev2Score={{rating-Christgau|neither}}{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=The Spinanes |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=spinanes |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}

|rev3= Palm Beach Post|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite news |title=Faithfull Collection Flawed; Chesnutt Shines |last=Mnookin |first=Seth |date=1999-01-29 |work=Palm Beach Post |author-link=Seth Mnookin}}

|rev4= Spin |rev4score = 8/10{{Cite magazine |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=August 1998 |title=The Spinanes: Arches and Aisles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeGUjNqTnGcC&pg=PA144 |magazine=Spin |page=144|language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC}}

|rev5= Sunday Age|rev5score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite news |title=CD Reviews; Music |last=Giliberto |first=Richard |date=1998-09-27 |work=Sunday Age}}

}}

Arches and Aisles is an album by The Spinanes, released on September 23, 1998. The album features guest spots and co-production by John McEntire and vocals by Sam Prekop.{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Arches-and-Aisles/The-Spinanes/e/098787041729 |title=Arches and Aisles, The Spinanes, Music CD - Barnes & Noble |publisher=Music.barnesandnoble.com |date=1998-06-23 |access-date=2012-01-14}} This is the only Spinanes album to not feature founding member and drummer Scott Plouf, who left the duo in 1997 to join Built to Spill.

Composition & recording

Musically, Arches is considered "richly textured" chamber-rock{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/08/28/the-spinanes-arches-and-aisles/886420d7-541b-4b40-aca1-b955eb9ad207|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=August 28, 1998|title=THE SPINANES: "ARCHES AND AISLES"|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 4, 2022}} and indie rock. The album was recorded at Easley McCain Recording in Memphis, Tennessee. Additional tracks were recorded with John McEntire (of Tortoise and The Sea and Cake) at his Soma Electronic Music Studios.

Critical reception and legacy

AllMusic's Michael Gallucci dubbed Arches the group's "least confining, and most listenable" record, noting their "more melodic and lyrically enticing" direction. Spin applauded it, calling it "warm, thoughtful, and melodically gorgeous".

Looking back at the Spinanes' discography, Trouser Press singled it out as "a superlative album of quietly remarkable songs". They acknowledged singer Rebecca Gates' "surefooted songwriting and achingly intimate alto vocals".{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/spinanes/|title=Spinanes|work=Trouser Press|access-date=September 4, 2022}} In 2008, near Sub Pop's 20th anniversary, Treble included it as one of the label's 20 essential releases. Staff writer Jeff Terich dubbed it "a bigger sounding, more sparkling affair" than its predecessors, as well as the Spinanes project's best work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.treblezine.com/sub-pop-20-essential-albums/|last=Terich|first=Jeff|date=July 22, 2008|title=Sub Pop Records: 20 Essential Albums|work=Treble|access-date=September 3, 2022}} In 2016, it placed #46 on Pitchfork{{'}}s list of Pacific Northwest indie rock's 50 best albums.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9932-the-50-best-indie-rock-albums-of-the-pacific-northwest/|author=Pitchfork|date=September 6, 2016|title=The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest|work=Pitchfork|access-date=September 3, 2022}}

Track listing

  1. "Kid in Candy" – 4:33
  2. "Greetings from the Sugar Lick" – 4:18
  3. "72-74" – 3:06
  4. "Leisure Run" – 4:58
  5. "Love, the Lazee" – 4:27
  6. "Sucker's Trial" – 2:49
  7. "Slide Your Ass" – 1:50
  8. "Reach V. Speed" – 3:51
  9. "Den Trawler" – 4:05
  10. "Eleganza" – 4:15
  11. "Heisman Stance" – 4:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from Arches and Aisles{{'}} liner notes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1618410-The-Spinanes-Arches-And-Aisles|title=The Spinanes - Arches and Aisles|date=23 June 1998 |publisher=Discogs}}

The Spinanes

  • Rebecca Gates - vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, Mellotron, organ

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Category:Sub Pop albums

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External links

  • {{Discogs release|type=album|1618410}}