Everything Ecstatic

Everything Ecstatic is the fourth album by Four Tet, released on 23 May 2005.

Everything Ecstatic
Studio album by Four Tet
Released	23 May 2005
Genre	Electronic[1] folktronica[2] krautrock[3]
Length	45:22
Label	Domino WIG154 (UK) / DNO061 (US)
Producer	Kieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
Late Night Tales: Four Tet (2004) Everything Ecstatic (2005) Remixes (2006)
Singles from Everything Ecstatic
"Smile Around the Face" Released: 11 April 2005 "Sun Drums and Soil" Released: 11 July 2005 "A Joy" Released: 24 October 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Blender	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Mojo	[8]
NME	8/10[9]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[10]
Q	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Spin	B[13]
The Village Voice	A−[14]

The video for lead single "Smile Around the Face" features actor Mark Heap.

Track listing

1. "A Joy" – 3:07
2. "Smile Around the Face" – 4:30
3. "Fuji Check" – 0:23
4. "Sun Drums and Soil" – 6:14
5. "Clouding" – 1:43
6. "And Then Patterns" – 4:42
7. "High Fives" – 5:06
8. "Turtle Turtle Up" – 2:09
9. "Sleep, Eat Food, Have Visions" – 7:43
10. "You Were There With Me" – 5:52

DVD edition

A DVD edition of the album, featuring a video for each of the tracks, was released on 7 November 2005 and comes with a bonus CD of previously unreleased material, Everything Ecstatic Part 2, the track listing of which is as follows:

1. "Turtle Turtle Up (extended version)" – 16:16
2. "Sun Drums and Soil (part 2)" – 5:31
3. "Watching Wavelength" – 4:31
4. "This is Six Minutes" – 6:03
5. "Ending" – 0:50

Everything Ecstatic Part 2 was later released separately on vinyl through Domino Records.

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15]	67
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	59

References

1. "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (6): 108. June 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. "Four Tet, Sydney". The Guardian. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
3. Bush, John. "Everything Ecstatic – Four Tet". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
4. "Reviews for Everything Ecstatic by Four Tet". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
5. Bush, John. "Everything Ecstatic – Four Tet". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
6. "Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic". Blender (37): 109. June 2005.
7. Petridis, Alexis (20 May 2005). "Four Tet, Everything Ecstatic". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
8. "Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic". Mojo (139): 98. June 2005.
9. "Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic". NME: 66. 21 May 2005.
10. Dombal, Ryan (1 June 2005). "Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
11. "Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic". Q (227): 120. June 2005.
12. Hoard, Christian (16 June 2005). "Everything Ecstatic : Four Tet". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 22 June 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
13. "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (6): 108. June 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
14. Christgau, Robert (26 July 2005). "Consumer Guide: Laptop for Desktoppers". The Village Voice. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
15. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Four Tet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

External links

• Everything Ecstatic release page from the Domino Records website
• Everything Ecstatic at MusicBrainz (list of releases)