Prize
Studio album by
Arto Lindsay
Released1999
LabelRighteous Babe[1]
ProducerArto Lindsay, Melvin Gibbs, Andres Levin
Arto Lindsay chronology
Noon Chill
(1997) 		Prize
(1999) 		Ecomixes
(2000)

Prize is an album by the American musician Arto Lindsay, released in 1999.[2][3] Lindsay considered it an attempt at pop music; it is one of a number of his solo albums inspired by the Brazilian music he heard while growing up in the country.[4][5][6]

Production

The album was produced by Lindsay, Melvin Gibbs, and Andres Levin. It was recorded in Bahia and New York.[7] Five of the songs are sung in Portuguese.[8] Vinicius Cantuaria and Skoota Warner contributed to the album; Beans rapped on "Prefeelings".[9][10][11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Robert ChristgauA−[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Orange County RegisterA−[1]
Orlando Sentinel[15]

Robert Christgau stated that the songs float by "on the sinuous current and spring-fed babble of a Brazilian groove bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated by the latest avant-dance fads and electronic developments."[13] The Riverfront Times wrote: "Sensuous and ripe, exotic and incandescent, Prize pulsates along rhythms whose headwaters are found in the airy heights of Brazilian tropicalia jazz."[8] Newsday thought that "the disc has the soft, understated swing of bossa nova—even Lindsay's occasionally skronk guitar doesn't much disturb its romantic patina."[16]

The Los Angeles Times noted that "this master alchemist likes to offset his love of lush, tropical music with sharp, modernist accents."[11] The Orlando Sentinel determined that "Lindsay's slightly out-of-focus singing has a dreamy gentleness that helps unite the strikingly disparate elements on Prize ... the bossa nova and samba prove perfectly compatible with elements of avant-electronica and obstreperous art-rock."[15]

AllMusic wrote that "the drum'n'bass textures that lay on the surface of his last album like laminate are more fully integrated this time out: 'Prefeelings' combines a fractured breakbeat with salsa-fied acoustic guitar and saxophones."[12] The Independent listed Prize as one of the 15 best pop albums of 1999.[17]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ondina" 
2."The Prize" 
3."Pode Ficar" 
4."Prefeelings" 
5."Modos" 
6."Ex-Preguiça" 
7."Unsure" 
8."Resemblances" 
9."O Nome Dela" 
10."Tone" 
11."Interior Life" 
12."E Ai Esqueço" 

References

  1. ^ a b Wener, Ben (October 29, 1999). "THE QUICK HIT". Orange County Register. p. F55.
  2. ^ "Arto Lindsay by David Krasnow - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org.
  3. ^ Walls, Richard C. (Dec 1999). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly (76): 23.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (28 Jan 2000). "THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. 7.41.
  5. ^ Shatz, Adam (3 Oct 1999). "Downtown, a Reach For Ethnicity". 2. The New York Times. p. 1.
  6. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (January 23, 2000). "Making the connection - Lindsay makes the jump from 'noise' to Latin". Chicago Sun-Times. Showcase. p. 12.
  7. ^ "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. February 19, 2003 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b Friswold, Paul. "ARTO LINDSAY". Riverfront Times.
  9. ^ "Review". SF Weekly. November 17, 1999.
  10. ^ Bacon, Peter (4 Dec 1999). "ARTO LINDSAY Prize". Birmingham Post. National. p. 7.
  11. ^ a b c Weingarten, Marc (23 Oct 1999). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 18.
  12. ^ a b "Prize - Arto Lindsay | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  13. ^ a b "Arto Lindsay". www.robertchristgau.com.
  14. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 249.
  15. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (19 Nov 1999). "SENSUAL ARTO". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 9.
  16. ^ Lipp, Marty (19 Jan 2000). "New Sounds". Newsday. p. C7.
  17. ^ Walters, John L. (December 17, 1999). "Music: The best pop albums of 1999". The Independent.
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