It's All Around You Explained

It's All Around You
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tortoise
Cover:	tortoise_its_all_around_you.jpg
Studio:	Soma Electronic Music Studios
Label:	Thrill Jockey
Prev Title:	Standards
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Brave and the Bold
Next Year:	2006

It's All Around You is the fifth studio album by American post-rock band Tortoise. It was released on Thrill Jockey in 2004.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68% based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

In 2011, American rapper Currensy named it one of his 25 favorite albums, stating: "I don’t do major drugs, but it was an acid trip in audio form."^[1]

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[2]	31
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[3]	13

Notes and References

1. Web site: Curren$y's 25 Favorite Albums: Tortoise, It's All Around You (2004). Complex. Insanul. Ahmed. July 5, 2011. April 8, 2017.
2. Tortoise - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. April 8, 2017.
3. Tortoise - Chart history - Independent Albums. Billboard. April 8, 2017.