Death Peak

{{Infobox album

| name = Death Peak

| type = studio

| artist = Clark

| cover = Clark - Death Peak album cover.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2017|04|07}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=32}}

| label = Warp

| producer = Chris Clark

| prev_title = The Last Panthers

| prev_year = 2016

| next_title = Kiri Variations

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name =

| type = studio

| single1 = Peak Magnetic

| single1date = 17 February 2017

}}

Death Peak is the eighth studio album by British electronic musician Chris Clark and the sixth one under the moniker Clark. Announced on 17 February 2017, it was released on 7 April 2017 by Warp Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/17/clark-new-album-death-peak-warp/|title=Warp veteran Clark announces new album Death Peak – listen to the first single|date=17 February 2017|publisher=Fact Magazine}} Upon its announcement its first single, "Peak Magnetic", was released freely for streaming on SoundCloud.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/throttleclark/peak-magnetic|title=Peak Magnetic|date= 17 February 2017|publisher=SoundCloud}} The design of the album cover is that of a crumpled photograph of Clark himself, produced by photographer Alma Haser.{{cite web|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/alma-haser-clark-death-peak-cover/|title=When Alma met Clark|date= 10 April 2017|publisher=Creative Review}}

It peaked at number 11 on the UK Dance Albums Chart and number 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/death-peak/clark|title=Reviews for Death Peak by Clark|publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Phares |first=Heather |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/death-peak-mw0003023455|title=Death Peak – Clark : Songs, Credits, Reviews|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|accessdate=15 April 2017}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-new-pornographers-arca-joey-badass-and-more-in-t-1798288256 |title=Clark's Death Peak hides a lot of surprising beauty beneath its ominous crags |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=16 June 2019}}

| rev3 = Clash

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/clark-death-peak|title=Clark - Death Peak|website=Clash|first=Will|last=Pritchard|date=7 April 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/clark-death_peak|title=Clark: Death Peak|website=Exclaim!|first=Joseph|last=Mathieu|date=5 April 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev5 = Loud and Quiet

| rev5score = 9/10{{cite web |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/clark-death-peak/ |title=Clark - Death Peak - Album review |last=Cartledge |first=Luke |publisher=Loud and Quiet |date=4 April 2017 |access-date=9 August 2019}}

| rev6 = Paste

| rev6score = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/clark-death-peak-review.html|title=Clark: Death Peak Review|website=Paste|first=Robert|last=Ham|date=13 April 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23074-clark-death-peak/|title=Clark: Death Peak|website=Pitchfork|first=Brian|last=Howe|date=8 April 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8score = {{rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/clark-death-peak-2495392323.html|title=Clark: Death Peak|website=PopMatters|first=Mike|last=Schiller|date=10 May 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

| rev9 = The Quietus

| rev9score = (favourable){{cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/22187-clark-death-peak-album-review-chris-clark-warp |title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Clark |last=Chen |first=Laurie |publisher=The Quietus |date=11 April 2017 |access-date=19 June 2019}}

| rev10 = Resident Advisor

| rev10score = 4.0/5{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/20958|title=Clark - Death Peak|website=Resident Advisor|first=Paul|last=Clarke|date=3 May 2017|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

}}

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "Death Peak is a very good album, and anyone who's followed Clark since Clarence Park should be happy with the twists and turns he continues to take." Paul Clarke of Resident Advisor gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, describing the music on the album as IDM, techno and ambient, saying: "A large part of Death Peak—despite the morbid title—contains some of Clark's most accessible and melodic dance floor tracks." Loud and Quiet{{'}}s Luke Cartledge, in his positive review, praised the album for possessing "bizarre, profound (and not always entirely pleasant) impact." Clash rated the album 7 out of 10 portraying the album as "nine-track barrage of industrial experimentalism." The publication named it the 33rd best album of 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/clash-albums-of-the-year-2017|title=Clash Albums Of The Year 2017|website=Clash|date=19 December 2017|accessdate=February 18, 2018}}

Track listing

Track listing taken from Bleep.com.{{cite web|url=https://bleep.com/release/81310-clark-death-peak|title=Clark Death Peak|date=17 February 2017|publisher=Bleep.com}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Chris Clark

| title1 = Spring But Dark

| length1 = 1:18

| title2 = Butterfly Prowler

| length2 = 4:27

| title3 = Peak Magnetic

| length3 = 5:43

| title4 = Hoova

| length4 = 5:07

| title5 = Slap Drones

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = Aftermath

| length6 = 2:01

| title7 = Catastrophe Anthem

| length7 = 6:35

| title8 = Living Fantasy

| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = Un U.K.

| length9 = 9:56

| total_length = 43:32

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| title10 = Licht

| note10 = Pink Strobe version

| length10 = 7:19

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Death Peak.{{cite AV media notes |title=Death Peak |type=CD liner notes |others=Clark |publisher=Warp |year=2017 |id=WARPCD282}}

=Additional musicians=

Barnby Road Academy Chamber Choir – choir {{small|(tracks: 1, 7, 9)}}
Lizzie Greeley – leader {{small|(tracks: 1, 7, 9)}}
Yamila Ríos – vocals {{small|(tracks: 6, 8)}}

=Technical personnel=

Christopher Stephen Clark – production, mastering
Joel Krozer – additional mastering
Naweed – additional mastering

=Artwork=

Dominic Flannigan – design
Alma Haser – illustration, photography

Charts

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{{Album chart|UKDance|11|date=20170414|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 September 2019|refname=ukdance}}

{{Album chart|UKIndependent|20|date=20170414|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 September 2019|refname=ukindependent}}

References

External links

{{Discogs master|1159999|Death Peak}}

Category:2017 albums

Category:Clark (musician) albums

Category:Warp Records albums