This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)

This Is Our Music is the third and final studio album by American indie rock band Galaxie 500, released in 1990 on Rough Trade Records.

This Is Our Music
Studio album by
Galaxie 500
ReleasedSeptember 1990 (1990-09)
Recorded1990
StudioNoise New York
Genre
Length45:45
LabelRough Trade
ProducerMark Kramer
Galaxie 500 chronology
On Fire
(1989)		 This Is Our Music
(1990)		 Copenhagen
(1997)
Singles from This Is Our Music
  1. "Fourth of July"
    Released: September 1990

The title This Is Our Music was derived from the 1961 album of the same name by Ornette Coleman.[1][2]

In 2010, the album was re-issued and peaked at number 18 on the UK Independent Album Breakers Chart.[3]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
Mojo[7]
NME7/10[8]
Pitchfork8.3/10[9]
Record Collector[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Select5/5[12]
The Village VoiceB−[13]

Select critic Andrew Perry lauded This Is Our Music as a progression from Galaxie 500's previous work, noting its "more brilliant, inspirationally unsophisticated melodies ... allied to an instrumental audacity that is entirely new", and concluded that "Galaxie 500's music is still rooted in the minimalist confines of their soft songs ... but it has come of age."[12] Stephen Dalton of NME, while finding certain songs to be overlong, complimented the album's "artful" music and "quiet humour".[8]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Ned Raggett called This Is Our Music "arguably the band's most accomplished" album and highlighted the band members' individual performances: "Somehow ... everyone aims higher, Wareham's singing among his finest and his guitar going for the truly epic more than once, Krukowski and Yang even more perfectly in sync than before, often being very bold without losing their intrinsic warmth."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Galaxie 500, except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fourth of July" 5:35
2."Hearing Voices" 3:34
3."Spook" 4:35
4."Summertime" 5:59
5."Way Up High" 4:03
6."Listen, the Snow Is Falling"Yoko Ono7:48
7."Sorry" 4:15
8."Melt Away" 4:35
9."King of Spain, Pt. 2" 5:07
Total length:45:45
1997 CD reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Here She Comes Now"Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison5:58
Total length:51:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Galaxie 500

Additional personnel

  • Mark Kramer – production, engineering, mirage, "cheap flute", backup vocals
  • Norman Gholson – photography
  • Ray Agony – photography

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[3] 18

Release history
Year Label Format Region
1990 Rough Trade LP, CD, cassette UK
1990 Rough Trade US CD US
1997 Rykodisc CD US
2010 20/20/20 LP US

References
  1. Sodomsky, Sam (January 24, 2018). "6 Great Albums Named After Other Great Albums". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. Wareham, Dean (2008). Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance. The Penguin Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-59420-155-4.
  3. "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. Raggett, Ned. "This Is Our Music – Galaxie 500". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  5. Kot, Greg (October 11, 1990). "Galaxie 500: This Is Our Music (Rough Trade)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  6. Browne, David (October 12, 1990). "This Is Our Music". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. Segal, Victoria (April 2010). "Galaxie 500: Today / On Fire / This Is Our Music". Mojo. No. 197.
  8. Dalton, Stephen (October 13, 1990). "Galaxie 500: This Is Our Music". NME. p. 39.
  9. Richardson, Mark (March 30, 2010). "Galaxie 500: Today / On Fire / This Is Our Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  10. "Galaxie 500: Today / On Fire / This Is Our Music". Record Collector. No. 373. March 2010. p. 87.
  11. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Galaxie 500". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 321. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  12. Perry, Andrew (November 1990). "Starlight, Starbright". Select. No. 5. p. 95.
  13. Christgau, Robert (December 4, 1990). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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