Enclosure (John Frusciante album)
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| Studio album by John Frusciante solo | |||||
| Released | April 8, 2014 | ||||
| Recorded | 2012–2013 | ||||
| Genre | Synthpop, lo-fi, experimental rock | ||||
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37:37 48:41 (Japanese release) | ||||
| Label | Record Collection | ||||
| Producer | John Frusciante | ||||
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Enclosure is the tenth solo album by John Frusciante released on April 8, 2014 (7 April in UK) on Record Collection.[1][2]
On February 18, 2014, Frusciante made the first song recorded for the album, "Scratch", a song written during The Empyrean sessions, available through his website as a free download.[3]
Background
Frusciante said of the album, "Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX."[4]
Release in space
On March 29, 2014, a copy of Enclosure was loaded onto an experimental Cube Satellite dubbed by Record Collection as Sat-JF14 and launched into space aboard an Interorbital Systems NEPTUNE Modular Rocket.
Beginning March 31, fans from around the world could download the free, custom-built Sat-JF14 mobile application which was meant to enable users to track the satellite movement in real time (the satellite, however, was likely only a simulation, as the rocket only reached an altitude of 310 km, or 192 miles, before safely falling to the ground [5]). When "Sat-JF14" "hovered" over a users’ geographic region, the Enclosure app would get unlocked, allowing users to listen to the album for free on any iOS or Android mobile device.[6]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 54/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [8] |
| Consequence of Sound | C-[9] |
| No Ripchord | (6/10)[10] |
| American Songwriter | [11] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews."[7]
Track listing
All tracks written by John Frusciante.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shining Desert" | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Sleep" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Run" | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Stage" | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Fanfare" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Cinch" | 6:25 |
| 7. | "Zone" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Crowded" | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Excuses" | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Vesiou (Japanese Bonus Track)" | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Scratch (Japanese Bonus Track)" | 6:26 |
Personnel
Musicians
- John Frusciante – all instruments (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machine, sequencer, samples)
Recording personnel
- John Frusciante – producer
- Anthony Zamora – studio manager
Artwork
- John Frusciante and Julian Chavez - artwork
- Nabil - cover photo
- Meryl Slay - retouching
References
- ↑ "John’s new LP, Enclosure out April 8th + free mp3 of “Scratch” | John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement". invisible-movement.net. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ Hughes, Josiah (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante Announces 'Enclosure' Album". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ↑ Geslani, Michelle (2014-02-19). "John Frusciante announces new album, Enclosure, streams "Scratch"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ↑ "John Frusciante". johnfrusciante.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_018.htm
- ↑ http://johnfrusciante.com/article/sat-jf14
- 1 2 "Enclosure - John Frusciante". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Enclosure - John Frusciante". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Hadusek, Jon. "Album Review: John Frusciante – Enclosure". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Lodder, Luiza (14 April 2014). "John Frusciante: Enclosure". No Ripchord. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Sullivan, Matt. "John Frusciante: Enclosure". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.