German Water

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{{Infobox album

| name = German Water

| type = Album

| artist = Ativin

| cover = German_Water.jpg

| alt =

| released = 4 May 1999

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| genre = Instrumental rock

| length = 38:20

| label = Secretly Canadian

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| prev_title = Pills Versus Planes

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Summing the Approach

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|title=German Water - Ativin|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/german-water-mw0000253502|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=23 April 2014}}

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German Water is an album by the Bloomington, Indiana-based instrumental rock band Ativin, released in 1999.{{cite web |title=Artist Biography by Jonathan Cohen |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ativin-mn0000509038/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 July 2021}}

Critical reception

Pitchfork deemed the album "brooding, introspective and powerful, even during the whisper-quiet moments."{{cite web |title=Ativin Night Mute |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/336-night-mute/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=20 July 2021}}

Track listing

  1. "Thirteen Ovens" – 4:00
  2. "Fortune Telling Fish" – 3:25
  3. "Stations" – 6:28
  4. "Back at the Lab" – 4:18
  5. "Church of Astronauts" – 4:00
  6. "Modern Gang Reader" – 4:17
  7. "Meeting with the Center of the Earth" – 11:52

References