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==Personnel==

The album’s notes only list the following as contributors:<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid |date=October 29, 2001 |others=[[Stars of the Lid]] |publisher=[[Kranky (record label)|Kranky]] |id=krank050 |type=Vinyl liner notes}}</ref>

*[[Adam Wiltzie]]

*[[Brian McBride (musician)|Brian McBride]]

*Sarah Nelson

*Jon McCafferty

*Pierre Dewagter

*Luke Savisky

*[[Kranky (record label)|Mr. Kranky]]

==References==

==References==

Latest revision as of 02:59, 21 December 2025

2001 studio album by Stars of the Lid

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Released October 29, 2001 (2001-10-29)
Length 123:54
Label Kranky

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (also known as The Tired Sounds Of) is the sixth and penultimate[1] studio album by ambient drone music group Stars of the Lid.

The Tired Sounds Of was released on October 29, 2001 through Kranky, and was distributed through double CD and triple vinyl.[2] According to Adam Wiltzie, a member of Stars of the Lid alongside Brian McBride, it sold around five thousand copies in its first years, but would be sold around ten thousand times after three years, in the span of six to eight months.[3] On August 14, 2015, Kranky issued new vinyl presses of the album and And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007), as both were out of print. Around the time of the repressing, marketplaces such as Discogs sold original copies of The Tired Sounds Of for $70.[4]

The Tired Sounds Of received positive reviews from critics for its sound. Pitchfork praised it for its composition, as Mark Richardson wrote: “dissonance is doled out in small portions, perfectly coloring the sculpted fields of sound.”[8] Todd Burns of Stylus named it as “the full fruition” of Stars of the Lid’s work for its structure.[10] AllMusic‘s Thom Jurek described it as “something unspeakably beautiful and determinedly unmentionable” and the group’s most “ambitious” album.[5]

Critics also praised and criticized the album for how it stands in its genre. Tom Eyers from Drowned in Sound gave it a perfect score out of ten, for it “succeeds in liberating Ambient from it’s often undeserved status as aural wallpaper”.[6] A Dusted review from Tom Roberts regarded it as “a record committed to the present experience of its own duration, but moves beyond this moment with the atmosphere it establishes.”[12] A PopMatters writer negatively criticized the album for its length, and named it as “the most boring album I’ve ever heard in my life”.[13]

The Tired Sounds Of would be featured in multiple rankings. Pitchfork would call the album the sixth best ambient album of all time and the 187th best album of the 2000s.[14][15] Fort Worth Star-Telegram ranked it as the eighth best album of 2001.[16]

Disc one of The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Title
1. “Requiem for Dying Mothers, Part 1” 6:36
2. “Requiem for Dying Mothers, Part 2” 7:37
3. “Down 3” 5:46
4. “Austin Texas Mental Hospital, Part 1” 2:48
5. “Austin Texas Mental Hospital, Part 2” 12:18
6. “Austin Texas Mental Hospital, Part 3” 5:47
7. “Broken Harbors, Part 1” 3:31
8. “Broken Harbors, Part 2” 6:47
9. “Broken Harbors, Part 3” 9:16
Total length: 60:26
Disc two of The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Title
1. “Mullholland” 6:48
2. “The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier)” 10:07
3. “Gasfarming” 3:20
4. “Piano Aquieu” 10:54
5. “Fac 21” 3:08
6. “Ballad of Distances, Part 1” 3:36
7. “Ballad of Distances, Part 2” 3:00
8. “A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, Part 1” 6:45
9. “A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, Part 2” 8:05
10. “A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, Part 3” 7:45
Total length: 63:28

The album’s notes only list the following as contributors:[17]

  1. ^ Corcoran, Nina (August 27, 2023). “Stars of the Lid’s Brian McBride Dies at 53”. Pitchfork. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  2. ^ “KRANK 050 – Stars of the Lid, The Tired Sounds of“. Brainwashed. Archived from the original on March 27, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  3. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 21, 2015). “How Stars of the Lid Made Two Ambient Masterworks”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  4. ^ Adams, Gregory (June 18, 2015). “Stars of the Lid Treated to Vinyl Reissues by Kranky”. Exclaim!. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. “Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid – Stars of the Lid”. AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Eyers, Tom (April 9, 2002). “Album Review: Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds Of…“. Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Wilson, Carl (January 3, 2002). “The Tired Sounds of… – The Stars of the Lid”. The Globe and Mail. p. R4. Retrieved November 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Richardson, Mark (September 24, 2001). “Stars of the Lid: The Tired Sounds of…“. Pitchfork. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Observer (November 8, 2010). “Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid“. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  10. ^ a b Burns, Todd (September 1, 2003). “Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid“. Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  11. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (March 22, 2002). “Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of…“. The Winnipeg Sun. Vol. 22, no. 80. p. 41. Retrieved November 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Roberts, Tom (March 31, 2002). “Dusted Reviews: Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds Of Stars of the Lid“. Dusted. Archived from the original on July 18, 2025. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  13. ^ “Stars of the Lid: The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid“. PopMatters. October 7, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  14. ^ “The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151”. Pitchfork. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  15. ^ “The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time”. Pitchfork. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  16. ^ Mayhew, Malcolm (December 24, 2025). “Top 10 albums of 2001”. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. No. 243. pp. 7A. Retrieved November 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (Vinyl liner notes). Stars of the Lid. Kranky. October 29, 2001. krank050.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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