Pop (Gas album) explained

Pop
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gas
Cover:	gas_pop_cover.png
Released:	28 March 2000
Genre:	Ambient ambient techno^[1]
Length:	64:59
Label:	Mille Plateaux MP CD 83
Producer:	Wolfgang Voigt
Prev Title:	Oktember
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Nah und Fern
Next Year:	2008

Pop is the fourth album by Wolfgang Voigt's Gas project, released on 28 March 2000 on Mille Plateaux. At the time of its release, reviews noted 'a striking left turn' in the sound, compared to other Gas releases; the album sounds considerably crisper, with a less muffled kickdrum and less of the 'underwater' quality present on other releases under the name.

Pop is the only Gas album to be released identically on vinyl and compact disc. The third song would appear in an extended format in Gas' second box set, Box.

Reception

Pop was named the sixth best album of the 2000s by Resident Advisor^[2] and the 85th best of the decade by online magazine Pitchfork.^[3] In 2016, Pitchfork ranked it the 11th best ambient album of all time.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . October 2, 2009. People tend to belittle ambient techno as mere background music, but I say, fuck that, Pop is a soundtrack for living.. April 28, 2023.
2. Web site: Top 100 albums of the '00s. Resident Advisor. 25 January 2010. 19 March 2010.
3. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s. Pitchfork. 30 September 2009. 21 January 2016. 6.
4. Web site: The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time. Pitchfork. 26 September 2016. 30 April 2017. 4.