There's Me and There's You
Studio album by
The Matthew Herbert Big Band
Released17 November 2008 (2008-11-17)
GenreElectronic, jazz
Length59:39
LabelAccidental Records, Studio !K7
ProducerMatthew Herbert
The Matthew Herbert Big Band chronology
Goodbye Swingtime
(2003)		 There's Me and There's You
(2008)		 The State Between Us
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
MusicOMH[2]
Pitchfork4.0/10[3]
PopMatters[4]
URB[5]

There's Me and There's You is the second studio album by The Matthew Herbert Big Band. It was released on Accidental Records and Studio !K7 in 2008.

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 60% based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1]

Tim O'Neil of PopMatters gave the album 4 stars out of 10, saying: "It's an interesting album, just not interesting in a way that particularly compels me to listen to it again."[4] Noah Levine of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "The developed avant-jazz compositions stand out just fine, but with all their consequential underpinnings, Herbert and the band are swinging on all levels."[5]

MusicOMH placed it at number 38 on the "Top 50 Best Albums of 2008" list.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Story"6:26
2."Pontificate"2:55
3."Waiting"5:37
4."The Yesness"4:50
5."Battery"6:17
6."Regina"5:35
7."The Rich Man's Prayer"4:05
8."Breathe"7:29
9."Knowing"2:80
10."Nonsound"3:15
11."One Life"5:34
12."Just Swing"5:31
iTunes deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Blow the Final Whistle"5:38

References

  1. 1 2 "There's Me And There's You by The Matthew Herbert Big Band". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Hogwood, Ben (10 November 2008). "The Matthew Herbert Big Band – There's Me And There's You". MusicOMH. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Pytlik, Mark (11 November 2008). "The Matthew Herbert Big Band: There's Me and There's You". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 O'Neil, Tim (19 February 2009). "The Matthew Herbert Big Band: There's Me and There's You". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 Levine, Noah (2 December 2008). "The Matthew Herbert Big Band :: There's Me And There's You". URB. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "musicOMH's Top 50 Best Albums Of 2008: 40-31". MusicOMH. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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