Death Peak

2017 studio album by Clark

Death Peak

Studio album by

Clark

Released| 7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
Genre|

* IDM
* ambient
* techno
* industrial

Length| 43:32
Label| Warp
Producer| Chris Clark
Clark chronology
| The Last Panthers
(2016)  | Death Peak
(2017)  | Kiri Variations
(2019)

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Singles from  Death Peak

1. "Peak Magnetic"
Released: 17 February 2017

Death Peak is the eighth studio album by British electronic musician Chris Clark and the sixth one under the moniker Clark. Announced on 17 February 2017, it was released on 7 April 2017 by Warp Records.[1] Upon its announcement its first single, "Peak Magnetic", was released freely for streaming on SoundCloud.[2] The design of the album cover is that of a crumpled photograph of Clark himself, produced by photographer Alma Haser.[3]

It peaked at number 11 on the UK Dance Albums Chart[4] and number 20 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[5]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 78/100[6]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [7]
The A.V. Club| B+[8]
Clash| 7/10[9]
Exclaim!| 8/10[10]
Loud and Quiet| 9/10[11]
Paste| 7.3/10[12]
Pitchfork| 7.4/10[13]
PopMatters| [14]
The Quietus| (favourable)[15]
Resident Advisor| 4.0/5[16]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "Death Peak is a very good album, and anyone who's followed Clark since Clarence Park should be happy with the twists and turns he continues to take."[14] Paul Clarke of Resident Advisor gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, describing the music on the album as IDM, techno and ambient, saying: "A large part of Death Peak—despite the morbid title—contains some of Clark's most accessible and melodic dance floor tracks."[16] Loud and Quiet's Luke Cartledge, in his positive review, praised the album for possessing "bizarre, profound (and not always entirely pleasant) impact."[11] Clash rated the album 7 out of 10 portraying the album as "nine-track barrage of industrial experimentalism."[9] The publication named it the 33rd best album of 2017.[17]

## Track listing

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Track listing taken from Bleep.com.[18]

All tracks are written by Chris Clark.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Spring But Dark"| 1:18
2.| "Butterfly Prowler"| 4:27
3.| "Peak Magnetic"| 5:43
4.| "Hoova"| 5:07
5.| "Slap Drones"| 4:18
6.| "Aftermath"| 2:01
7.| "Catastrophe Anthem"| 6:35
8.| "Living Fantasy"| 4:07
9.| "Un U.K."| 9:56
Total length:| 43:32

Japanese edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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10.| "Licht" (Pink Strobe version)| 7:19

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Death Peak.[19]

### Additional musicians

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* Barnby Road Academy Chamber Choir – choir (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
* Lizzie Greeley – leader (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
* Yamila Ríos – vocals (tracks: 6, 8)

### Technical personnel

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* Christopher Stephen Clark – production, mastering
* Joel Krozer – additional mastering
* Naweed – additional mastering

### Artwork

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* Dominic Flannigan – design
* Alma Haser – illustration, photography[3]

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## Charts

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Chart  | Peak
position

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UK Dance Albums (OCC)[4] | 11
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5] | 20

## References

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1. ^ "Warp veteran Clark announces new album Death Peak – listen to the first single". Fact Magazine. 17 February 2017.
2. ^ "Peak Magnetic". SoundCloud. 17 February 2017.
3. ^ a b "When Alma met Clark". Creative Review. 10 April 2017.
4. ^ a b "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
5. ^ a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
6. ^ a b "Reviews for Death Peak by Clark". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
7. ^ Phares, Heather. "Death Peak – Clark : Songs, Credits, Reviews". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
8. ^ O'Neal, Sean (7 April 2017). "Clark's Death Peak hides a lot of surprising beauty beneath its ominous crags". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
9. ^ a b Pritchard, Will (7 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Clash. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
10. ^ Mathieu, Joseph (5 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Exclaim!. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
11. ^ a b Cartledge, Luke (4 April 2017). "Clark - Death Peak - Album review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
12. ^ Ham, Robert (13 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak Review". Paste. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
13. ^ Howe, Brian (8 April 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
14. ^ a b Schiller, Mike (10 May 2017). "Clark: Death Peak". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
15. ^ Chen, Laurie (11 April 2017). "The Quietus | Reviews | Clark". The Quietus. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
16. ^ a b Clarke, Paul (3 May 2017). "Clark - Death Peak". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
17. ^ "Clash Albums Of The Year 2017". Clash. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
18. ^ "Clark Death Peak". Bleep.com. 17 February 2017.
19. ^ Death Peak (CD liner notes). Clark. Warp. 2017. WARPCD282.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links

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* Death Peak at Discogs (list of releases)

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Clark

Studio albums|

* Clarence Park (2001)
* Empty the Bones of You (2003)
* Body Riddle (2006)
* Turning Dragon (2008)
* Totems Flare (2009)
* Iradelphic (2012)
* Clark (2014)
* The Last Panthers (2016)
* Death Peak (2017)
* Kiri Variations (2019)
* Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
* Playground In A Lake (2021)
* Sus Dog (2023)
* Cave Dog (2023)
* In Camera (2024)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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