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A Spectrum of Infinite Scale

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A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
Studio album by
Released2000
GenreElectronic, experimental
LabelTouch and Go Records[1]
Man or Astro-man? chronology
EEVIAC operational index and reference guide, including other modern computational devices
(1999)
A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
(2000)
A Spectrum of Finite Scale
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7.8/10[3]

A Spectrum of Infinite Scale is a full-length album by Man or Astro-man?, released in 2000.[4][5] It was released as a CD and a double 10" on clear yellow/red vinyl, on black vinyl, and on additional clear colors.

The band plays an ImageWriter II on the eleventh song, "A Simple Text File."[2]

Critical reception

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AllMusic called the album "another very good collection of tight playing and propulsive instrumentals."[2] Exclaim! wrote: "Being one of the only groups to deservedly make it out of the mid-'90s surf revival, these guys continue to add influences and create a new style of their own that all but leaves surf behind."[6] Orlando Weekly wrote that "more than ever, the guitars are telling stories of adventure."[7]

Track listing

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  1. "Pathway to the Infinite"
  2. "Song of the Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator"
  3. "Preparation Clont"
  4. "Curious Constructs of Stem-Like Devices Which Now Prepare Themselves to Be Thought of as Fingers"
  5. "Um Espectro Sem Escala"
  6. "Many Pieces of Large Fuzzy Mammals Gathered Together at a Rave and Schmoozing with a Brick"
  7. "Trapezoid"
  8. "Very Subtle Elevators"
  9. "Within One Universe There Are Millions"
  10. "Spectrograph Reading of the Varying Phantom Frequencies of Chronic, Incurable Tinnitus"
  11. "A Simple Text File"
  12. "Obligatory Part 2 Song in Which There Is No Presently Existing Part 1, Nor the Plans to Make One"
  13. "Multi-Variational Stimuli of Sub-Turgid Foci Covering Cross Evaluative Techniques for Cognitive Analysis of Hypersignificant Graph Peaks Following Those Intersubjective Modules Having Biodegradable Seepage"

Japanese release

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The Japanese version inserts two exclusive tracks, making "Multi-Variational Stimuli of Sub-Turgid Foci Covering Cross Evaluative Techniques for Cognitive Analysis of Hypersignificant Graph Peaks Following Those Intersubjective Modules Having Biodegradable Seepage" track 15.

  • Track 13: "Particles In Acceleration"
  • Track 14: "Two Microscopic Creatures Meet, One Devours The Other "

References

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  1. ^ "Spectrum of Infinite Scale". Touch and Go Records. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "A Spectrum of Infinite Scale - Man or Astro-man? | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Man or Astro-Man?: A Spectrum of Infinite Scale". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ "Man or Astro-man? | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Man or Astro-man?, Roky Erickson, Mose Allison". Philadelphia Inquirer. 5 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Man or Astro-man? A Spectrum Of Infinite Scale". exclaim.ca.
  7. ^ "Review - A Spectrum of Infinite Scale". Orlando Weekly.