Get Color

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{{Infobox album

| name = Get Color

| type = studio

| artist = Health

| cover = GetColorAlbumCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2009|09|08}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Noise rock|electronic}}

| length = {{duration|m=32|s=53}}

| label = Lovepump United

| producer = Health

| prev_title = Health//Disco

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Health::Disco2

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Get Color

| type = studio

| single1 = Die Slow

| single1date = 2009

}}

}}

Get Color is the second studio album by American electronic noise rock band Health. It was released on Lovepump United on September 8, 2009.{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/health_announce_cd_sweepstakes_put_prizes_in_select_copies_of_their_forthcoming_get_color|title=A|work=Exclaim!|first=Josiah|last=Hughes|date=August 18, 2009|access-date=December 22, 2022}} It received generally favorable reviews from critics. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, as well as number 43 on the Independent Albums chart. As of 2015, it has sold 11,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases|title=Upcoming Releases|website=Hits Daily Double|publisher=HITS Digital Ventures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716173331/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases|archive-date=July 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/get-color/health|title=Get Color by HEALTH|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-color-mw0000824113|title=Get Color - HEALTH|work=AllMusic|first=Jason|last=Lymangrover|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/health-get-color-1798164083|title=Health: Get Color|work=The A.V. Club|first=Scott|last=Gordon|date=January 5, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev3 = Chart Attack

| rev3score = 4/5{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/75213/health-get-color|title=HEALTH — Get Color|work=ChartAttack|first=Ian|last=Gormely|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607212920/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/75213/health-get-color|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=usurped}}

| rev4 = Consequence of Sound

| rev4score = B−{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2009/09/album-review-health-get-color/|title=HEALTH – Get Color|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Dan|last=Caffrey|date=September 2, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev5 = Drowned in Sound

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14651/reviews/4137862|title=HEALTH - Get Color|work=Drowned in Sound|first=Andrzej|last=Lukowski|date=September 15, 2009|accessdate=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202545/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14651/reviews/4137862|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13409-get-color/|title=HEALTH: Get Color|work=Pitchfork|first=Joe|last=Colly|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/110653-health-get-color-2496078341.html|title=HEALTH: Get Color|work=PopMatters|first=Matthew|last=Blackwell|date=September 7, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev8 = The Skinny

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/health-get-color|title=HEALTH - Get Color|work=The Skinny|first=Ian|last=Crichton|date=September 1, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

| rev9 = State

| rev9score = 3/5{{cite web|url=http://state.ie/album-reviews/health-get-color|title=HEALTH – Get Color|work=State|first=Jennifer|last=Gannon|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033249/http://state.ie/album-reviews/health-get-color|url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = XLR8R

| rev10score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2009/09/get-color/|title=HEALTH: Get Color|work=XLR8R|first=Shawn|last=Reynaldo|date=September 8, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "As well as being larger, the aspect that separates Get Color from the band's debut of fractured near-instrumentals is that the tracks on board actually feel like fully realized songs, rather than sketched ideas." Joe Colly of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, commenting that "if HEALTH can continue to find some deeper meaning behind their very impressive musicianship, they might be onto something great."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Health (Jake Duzsik, John Famiglietti, Jupiter Keyes, and BJ Miller)

| title1 = In Heat

| length1 = 1:47

| title2 = Die Slow

| length2 = 3:12

| title3 = Nice Girls

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Death+

| length4 = 2:39

| title5 = Before Tigers

| length5 = 3:26

| title6 = Severin

| length6 = 4:09

| title7 = Eat Flesh

| length7 = 4:02

| title8 = We Are Water

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = In Violet

| length9 = 6:14

| total_length = 32:53

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Health – performance, production, engineering, mixing
  • Manny Nieto – co-production, engineering, mixing
  • Shane Smith – additional engineering
  • Jake Friedman – executive production
  • Nick Zampiello – mastering
  • Rob Gonnella – mastering

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|17|artist=Health|rowheader=true|refname=heatseekers|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|43|artist=Health|rowheader=true|refname=independent|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}

References

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