Motion (album) 3557862 225281641 2008-07-12T21:33:33Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = Motion | Type = Studio Album | Artist = [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] | Cover = CinematicOrchestra Motion albumcover.jpg | Released = [[27 September]] [[1999]] | Recorded = | Genre = [[Jazz]], [[Electronica]], [[Downtempo]] | Length = 51:09 | Label = [[Ninja Tune]]<br /><small>ZEN45 (LP)<br/ >ZENCD045 (CD)<br/ >ZENCD45X (Japan CD)</small>| Producer = | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:opbyxdyb2olj link] *[[Pitchfork Media]] (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16180-motion link] | Last album = | This album = '''''Motion'''''<br />(1999) | Next album = '''''[[Remixes 1998-2000]]'''''<br />(2000) | }} '''''Motion''''' is the debut [[LP album|LP]] by [[The Cinematic Orchestra]], released on [[27 September]] [[1999]] on [[Ninja Tune]]. The album's concept came from core band member, Jason Swinscoe, who had amassed various samples - drum patterns, basslines and melody samples - that had inspired and influenced him. He then presented them to a group of musicians to learn and then improvise around. The resulting draft tracks were then re-mixed on computer by Swinscoe to create the finished album.<ref>allmusic.com [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfqxqlkldke Review "Motion"]</ref> ==Critical Reaction== Stanton Swihart, writing for [[Allmusic]], stated: {{cquote|...the songs on Motion are by turns eerie, lush, edgy, expansive, gritty, intensely powerful, and gorgeous. Sometimes an album comes along that forces you to reconfigure and re-evaluate all of the assumptions you had previously made about music in order to realize how vast and endless the possibilities are; this is one of those albums.}} Additionally, the album's success led to the band being asked to perform at the 1999 [[Director's Guild of Great Britain|Director's Guild Awards]] ceremony for the presentation of the [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] to film director [[Stanley Kubrick]].<ref>Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinematic_Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra]</ref> ==Track listing== #"Durian" – 7:00 #"Ode To The Big Sea" – 5:42 #"Night Of The Iguana" – 13:21 #"Channel 1 Suite" – 5:50 #"Bluebirds" – 5:06 #"And Relax!" – 4:55 #"Diabolus" – 9:15 The [[Japan]]ese version of the album included two additional tracks: <ol start="8"> <li> Channel 1 Suite ([[Hefner]] mix) </li> <li> Ode To The Big Sea ([[Four Tet]] mix) </li> </ol> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ninjatune.com Ninja Tune official website] *[http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/ Cinematic Orchestra official website] [[Category:1999 albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:The Cinematic Orchestra albums]]