Critical Mass

Matthew Shipp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1995)
• Original Release Date: March 19, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirsty Ear
• ASIN: B000001HEA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #650,322 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Critical Mass - Matthew Shipp

2. Virgin Complex - Matthew Shipp

3. Density and Eucharist - Matthew Shipp

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy addition to the Matthew Shipp canon, February 5, 2001

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A. Benjamin (Goodwell, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Critical Mass (Audio CD)

This is one of Shipp's mid-90s efforts, accompanied by Mat Maneri (v), William Parker (b), and Whit Dickey (d). Parker and Dickey play a seemingly understated (mostly) background role on this album, pushing Maneri's violin and Shipp's piano playing to the foreground. Overall, the tone of the album is dark. The more tense moments (especially the title track and "Density and Eucharist") might fit nicely as soundtrack material for a suspense film. The middle track ("Virgin Complex") has a meditative, mournful quality to it. The interplay between the musicians is fantastic, and the pieces continue to reveal more of themselves with repeated listening.