From Here We Go Sublime

From Here We Go Sublime consists primarily of tracks recorded by Willner as the Field between 2004 and 2006, though the album also includes tracks produced before this period, one of which was originally recorded under a different alias.{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/the-field.htm |title=The Field – Interview |work=Stylus Magazine |date=27 April 2007 |accessdate=8 December 2008 |last=O'Donnell |first=Malory |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204532/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/the-field.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016}} Willner's production style is sample-based, employing cut-up and resequenced manipulations of snippets of other artists' music, including Kate Bush's "Under Ice" on "Over the Ice", Lionel Richie's "Hello" on "A Paw in My Face", Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" on "Everyday",{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/sublime-frequencies-6424776 |title=Sublime Frequencies |work=The Village Voice |date=17 July 2007 |accessdate=26 October 2015 |last=Harvilla |first=Rob}} and The Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes for You" on "From Here We Go Sublime".

Despite From Here We Go Sublime being released on the Kompakt label, known primarily for German techno, the album's sound has been described as "less techno than it is trance". Jess Harvell of Pitchfork also noted the style's similarity due to an "anthemic bigness to Willner's little sounds, a certain shameless bombastic quality to the way he deploys his loops and builds his arpeggio" and the "elementary drum tracks, often just a deflated machine thump flecked with hi-hat hiss".

The themes of the music on From Here We Go Sublime has been noted for its "unabashed emotionalism" with songs suggesting "bliss", "melancholy" and "loss".{{cite journal |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3509 |title=Dusted Reviews: The Field – From Here We Go Sublime |journal=Dusted |accessdate=8 December 2008 |last=Ferguson |first=Greg}} From Here We Go Sublime's song titles have been described as vague, and the songs themselves having no intelligible lyrics beyond sampled vocals which have been edited and chopped up. Willner dislikes lyrical content and chose to treat sampled vocals as instruments rather than as voices, as "it gives (the music) a special feeling."

{{Album ratings

| MC = 90/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/from-here-we-go-sublime/the-field |title=Reviews for From Here We Go Sublime by The Field |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=15 June 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-here-we-go-sublime-mw0000489511 |title=From Here We Go Sublime – The Field |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=8 December 2008 |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason}}

| rev2 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/42031-FIELD-FROM-HERE-WE-GO-SUBLIME/ |title=The Field |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=19 June 2007 |accessdate=15 December 2008 |last=Day |first=David |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316215416/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/42031-field-from-here-we-go-sublime/ |archivedate=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Collective

| rev3Score = 5/5{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A21430874 |title=the field: from here we go sublime (kompakt) |work=Collective |date=5 April 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |last=Power |first=Chris |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513231616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A21430874 |archivedate=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Irish Times

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/electronica-1.1211641 |title=The Field: From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt) |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=22 June 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |last=Carroll |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-field/8471 |title=The Field: From Here We Go Sublime |journal=NME |date=30 April 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |last=Worthy |first=Stephen |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316175925/http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-field/8471 |archivedate=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 9.0/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10022-from-here-we-go-sublime/ |title=The Field: From Here We Go Sublime |work=Pitchfork |date=26 March 2007 |accessdate=15 December 2008 |last=Harvell |first=Jess}}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/the-field-from-here-we-go-sublime/ |title=The Field: From Here We Go Sublime |work=PopMatters |date=7 June 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |last=Fiander |first=Matthew}}

| rev8 = Resident Advisor

| rev8Score = 5/5{{cite web |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4418 |title=The Field – From Here We Go Sublime |work=Resident Advisor |date=21 March 2007 |accessdate=8 July 2015 |last=Wright |first=Jacob}}

| rev9 = Stylus Magazine

| rev9Score = A{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-field/from-here-we-go-sublime.htm |title=The Field – From Here We Go Sublime – Review |work=Stylus Magazine |date=26 March 2007 |accessdate=15 July 2011 |last=Miller |first=Derek |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171417/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-field/from-here-we-go-sublime.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=The Field: From Here We Go Sublime |journal=Uncut |issue=121 |date=June 2007 |page=99}}

}}

From Here We Go Sublime was released on compact disc and vinyl record by Kompakt.{{cite web |url=http://www.kompakt-net.com/ |title=Kompakt Official Site |publisher=Kompakt |accessdate=15 December 2008 |format=search "The Field"}} The album was released to great critical acclaim from various publications, and, along with Burial's Untrue, was the best-received album of 2007 on the music critic aggregators site Metacritic.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/year/filtered?sort=desc&year_selected=2007 |title=Best Music and Albums for 2007 |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=18 June 2016}} It was named the 29th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.{{cite journal |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144 |title=Top 100 albums of the '00s |journal=Resident Advisor |date=25 January 2010 |accessdate=19 March 2010}} Willner was surprised by the positive reception to the album, stating that "since it is a bit different than (most) other techno, I thought that people wouldn't like it."

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Axel Willner

| title1 = Over the Ice

| length1 = 6:56

| title2 = A Paw in My Face

| length2 = 5:24

| title3 = Good Things End

| length3 = 6:08

| title4 = The Little Heart Beats So Fast

| length4 = 5:25

| title5 = Everday

| length5 = 6:59

| title6 = Silent

| length6 = 7:35

| title7 = The Deal

| length7 = 10:03

| title8 = Sun & Ice

| length8 = 6:34

| title9 = Mobilia

| length9 = 6:28

| title10 = From Here We Go Sublime

| length10 = 4:09

| total_length = 65:41

}}

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