Secondhand Sounds
{{Infobox album
| name = Secondhand Sounds
| type = compilation
| artist = Herbert
| cover =Secondhand Sounds.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2002}}
| recorded = 1996–2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic
| length = {{Duration|m=136|s=42}}
| label = Peacefrog
| producer = Herbert
| prev_title = Bodily Functions
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Scale
| next_year = 2006
}}
Secondhand Sounds is a compilation album of remixes by British electronic musician Herbert. Recorded between 1996 and 2001, it was released on Peacefrog Records in 2002.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/secondhand-sounds-herbert-remixes-mw0000216394|title=Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes – Herbert|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=29 November 2015|last=Bush|first=John}}
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes|magazine=Muzik|issue=83|date=April 2002|last=Green|first=Thomas H.|page=103}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev3score = 9.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3832-secondhand-sounds/|title=Matthew Herbert: Secondhand Sounds|website=Pitchfork|date=29 May 2002|access-date=29 November 2015|last=Richardson|first=Mark}}
| rev4 = Resident Advisor
| rev4score = 4.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/275|title=Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes|website=Resident Advisor|date=23 March 2002|access-date=29 November 2015|author=Nick D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153318/https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/275|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=dead}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Herbert|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/376 376]}}
}}
Denise Benson of Exclaim! wrote, "Few contemporary producers have been able to carve such a distinctive sound while remaining so fluid and open, yet Herbert seems to do so effortlessly."{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/herbertvarious-secondhand_sounds|title=Herbert/Various: Secondhand Sounds|website=Exclaim!|date=1 May 2002|access-date=29 November 2015|last=Benson|first=Denise}} Mark Richardson of Pitchfork complimented "Herbert's imperialistic way with the source material", and Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club said, "Herbert is an idea man who brings theory out of its studious back rooms and into a realm equally suited for home listening and smile-widening club revelry."{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/herbert-secondhand-sounds-1798196440|title=Herbert: Secondhand Sounds|website=The A.V. Club|date=17 April 2002|access-date=29 November 2015|last=Battaglia|first=Andy}}
John Bush of AllMusic praised Herbert as "the most inventive remixer active", while also stating, "For better, but occasionally for worse, virtually all of these tracks are immediately recognizable as Herbert productions; the point-perfect beats, quick bassline fills, and his use of split-second samples and crackly vocals to drive the tracks sound more like a formula than a blueprint after several soundalikes come one after another."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 1
| extra_column = Original artist(s)
| title1 = Merciful (Herbert's We Mix)
| extra1 = Nils Petter Molvaer
| length1 = 6:13
| title2 = Ezio (Herbert Remix)
| extra2 = Motorbass
| length2 = 7:41
| title3 = Street Lullaby (Herbert's Gutter Dub)
| extra3 = Two Banks of Four
| length3 = 5:54
| title4 = Highlife (Remember Herbert's Mix)
| extra4 = Mono
| length4 = 6:40
| title5 = The Last Beat (House Dub)
| extra5 = Herbert
| length5 = 4:55
| title6 = Banquet (Herbert Remix)
| extra6 = Herbert
| length6 = 7:09
| title7 = Tape Measure (Herbert's Metric Mix)
| extra7 = Doctor Rockit
| length7 = 5:38
| title8 = Future Luv (Herbert 'Did This' Mix)
| extra8 = Presence
| length8 = 5:58
| title9 = Want Me Like Water (Herbert's Tension Dub)
| note9 = featuring Terra Deva
| extra9 = Furry Phreaks
| length9 = 6:14
| title10 = Thoughts (Herbert Remix)
| extra10 = Herbert
| length10 = 5:04
| title11 = Fresh Start (Searching for Herbert's Mix)
| extra11 = Terra Deva
| length11 = 5:53
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 2
| extra_column = Original artist(s)
| title1 = Can't Take It (Herbert's Some Dumb Dub)
| extra1 = Recloose
| length1 = 7:12
| title2 = Sing It Back (Herbert's Tasteful Dub)
| extra2 = Moloko
| length2 = 6:00
| title3 = Koppchen (Herbert's D-D-D-Dazzle Dub)
| extra3 = Dimbiman
| length3 = 6:30
| title4 = Hoping (Herbert's High Dub)
| extra4 = Louie Austen
| length4 = 6:37
| title5 = Fantasy (Herbert's Reality Dub)
| note5 = featuring Sajaeda
| extra5 = Blaze Presents Cassioware
| length5 = 8:00
| title6 = Suddenly (Herbert's Redub)
| extra6 = Herbert
| length6 = 6:29
| title7 = The Flipside (Herbert's Surround Sound Mix)
| extra7 = Moloko
| length7 = 7:19
| title8 = Before (Herbert's After Dub)
| extra8 = dZihan & Kamien
| length8 = 7:43
| title9 = Bonnie & Clyde (Herbert's Fred & Ginger Mix)
| extra9 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length9 = 7:35
| title10 = Aerosoul (Herbert Remix)
| extra10 = Wishmountain
| length10 = 5:58
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|80381|Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes}}
{{Matthew Herbert}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:2002 compilation albums