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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">TNT</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tortoise-TNT_(album_cover).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Tortoise-TNT_%28album_cover%29.jpg/220px-Tortoise-TNT_%28album_cover%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Tortoise-TNT_%28album_cover%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Tortoise_(band)" title="Tortoise (band)">Tortoise</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">March 10, 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">November 1996 – November 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Soma_(studio)" title="Soma (studio)">Soma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Idful_Music_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Idful Music Corporation">Idful</a>, Chicago, Illinois</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">Post-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz-rock">jazz-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimal_music" title="Minimal music">minimal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krautrock" title="Krautrock">krautrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exotica" title="Exotica">exotica</a><sup id="cite_ref-rough_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">64</span>:<span class="s">48</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Thrill_Jockey" title="Thrill Jockey">Thrill Jockey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/John_McEntire" title="John McEntire">John McEntire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Tortoise_(band)" title="Tortoise (band)">Tortoise</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Millions_Now_Living_Will_Never_Die" title="Millions Now Living Will Never Die">Millions Now Living Will Never Die</a></i><br />(1996) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>TNT</b></i><br />(1998) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Fishtank_5" title="In the Fishtank 5">In the Fishtank 5</a></i><br />(1999) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>TNT</b></i> is the third studio album by American <a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">post-rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Tortoise_(band)" title="Tortoise (band)">Tortoise</a>, released in 1998 by <a href="/wiki/Thrill_Jockey" title="Thrill Jockey">Thrill Jockey</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(musician)" title="Jeff Parker (musician)">Jeff Parker</a> joined the band in 1996, Tortoise recorded <i>TNT</i> over the course of a year with drummer <a href="/wiki/John_McEntire" title="John McEntire">John McEntire</a> acting as producer, editor and mixing. Taking influence from their remix material of the 1990s, the band recorded the album using <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard disk">hard disk</a> technology in a "forward-then-back" approach, with members individually adding parts to tracks at different stages until the tracks were completed. As with previous albums, the band members also shared instrumental roles. </p><p>Largely jettisoning the <a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic</a> leanings of their previous work, <i>TNT</i> steered the band in a new, more organic direction with a heavier influence taken from <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Groove_(music)" title="Groove (music)">groove</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Minimal_music" title="Minimal music">minimal music</a>. The influence of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a> remains on the album, however, alongside other styles such as <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music">ambient</a> and the band's ongoing <a href="/wiki/Krautrock" title="Krautrock">krautrock</a> influence. Upon release, the album was critically acclaimed, with reviewers complimenting its postmodern sound. The band toured in promotion of the album in 1998, bringing new, live arrangements to the previously studio-crafted songs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tortoise's critically acclaimed second album <i><a href="/wiki/Millions_Now_Living_Will_Never_Die" title="Millions Now Living Will Never Die">Millions Now Living Will Never Die</a></i> (1996) established the band as a defining, largely-instrumental <a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">post-rock</a> band,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and placed high underground anticipation on <i>TNT</i>. Shortly before recording <i>TNT</i>, the band "linked themselves with the cream of European <a href="/wiki/Electronica" title="Electronica">electronica</a>" to "remix the album on a series of 12" singles."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through these releases, it was apparent the band's "reliance on studio engineering" was growing.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1996, shortly before work commenced on <i>TNT</i>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(musician)" title="Jeff Parker (musician)">Jeff Parker</a>, who had played in several jazz ensembles, joined the band as a second guitarist to play alongside <a href="/wiki/David_Pajo" title="David Pajo">David Pajo</a>, who had been in the band for several years. John Bush of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> stated that the addition of Parker cemented Tortoise's "musicianship as well as their connections to Chicago's fertile <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>/<a href="/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant-garde</a> scene."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_and_production">Writing and production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Writing and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>TNT</i> was recorded from November 1996 – November 1997 and produced, edited and mixed by the band's drummer <a href="/wiki/John_McEntire" title="John McEntire">John McEntire</a> at his <a href="/wiki/Soma_(studio)" title="Soma (studio)">Soma Electronic Music Studios</a> in the band's native <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, except for "Ten-Day Interval" and "Four-Day Interval", which the band recorded in another Chicago studio, Idful Music.<sup id="cite_ref-booklet1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-booklet1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25%; border-width: 2px; padding:8px;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I don't think we played anything simultaneously: every single element was overdubbed. Somebody would put down an idea, <a href="/wiki/Loop_(music)" title="Loop (music)">loop</a> it, or whatever, somebody would come in and lay something else down and then go back and work on the arrangement some more, and then somebody else would come in... it was this sort of piecemeal, forward-then-back-a-little approach." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/John_McEntire" title="John McEntire">John McEntire</a>, speaking about the recording of <i>TNT</i> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p><i>TNT</i> was "pieced together in the studio";<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> inspired by their recent remixing endeavors, Tortoise "sought to work the remixing aesthetic into the recording process, which utilized nonlinear <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard disk">hard-disc</a> studio technology."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McEntire explained "I think that there was a tendency to not want to do the sort of remix frenzy that we've been known for in the past, because it's becoming a sort of a cliche. I think those ideas are still extremely valid, but it's just become this sort of marketing tool, rather than a creative endeavor. We left the material really open. And we spent so long working on the record that by the time the tracks were finished they had gone through so many permutations that it really was like each track had been mixed and remixed several times."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Tortoise made a greater use of <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> on the album than they would later in the band's career.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>'s <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ratliff" title="Ben Ratliff">Ben Ratliff</a> felt the album's "mixture of jamming, electronics and extensive post-editing" was McEntire's conception,<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas Bush commented there was only a small amount of post-production on the record, "and those so complementary and subdued that they rarely even sound like effects."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ratliff described McEntire's mixing on the album as "upside down, with bass eclipsing guitar eclipsing organ."<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the completion of <i>TNT</i>, David Pajo left the band in order to prioritize his solo project <a href="/wiki/Aerial_M" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerial M">Aerial M</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_style">Musical style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Musical style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>TNT</i> is a departure from the more <a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic</a>-laden sound of the band's previous work,<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> instead displaying heavier <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> influences,<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a more dense,<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Organic_product" title="Organic product">organic</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ethereal sound,<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a larger emphasis on <a href="/wiki/Groove_(music)" title="Groove (music)">groove</a> and song-orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto10_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Bush of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> described the album as "a record of <a href="/wiki/Post-modern" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-modern">post-modern</a> <a href="/wiki/Cool_jazz" title="Cool jazz">cool jazz</a>" that only features slight elements of "the dub, <a href="/wiki/Krautrock" title="Krautrock">krautrock</a> and electronics" that characterized <i>Millions Now Living Will Never Die</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i> said <i>TNT</i> shows the band exploring <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz fusion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Brent DiCrescenzo of <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i> said the record is "a hand-glide ride through modern post-rock, jazz, <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a>, subtle <a href="/wiki/Techno" title="Techno">techno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> and international flavors."<sup id="cite_ref-auto10_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> William Morris of the same webzine later said the album's "confluence of <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_jazz" title="Avant-garde jazz">avant-garde jazz</a>, indie rock and <a href="/wiki/Minimal_techno" title="Minimal techno">minimalist lite-techno</a>" lead it to becoming an <a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">easy listening</a> album.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Containing more elaborate compositions than on prior Tortoise albums,<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>TNT</i> also expands the band's instrumentation, with new instruments used including <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornet" title="Cornet">cornet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bassoon" title="Bassoon">bassoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a>, which are employed for timbral <a href="/wiki/Color_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Color (music)">colors</a> on the album, rather than for solos.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the strings and horns on the record are performed by Sara P. Smith and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Mazurek" title="Rob Mazurek">Rob Mazurek</a> of Tortoise's side-project band <a href="/wiki/Isotope_217" title="Isotope 217">Isotope 217</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McEntire explained, "somebody had the idea of those other voices playing some lines. We've always been interested in trying to include a lot of sounds and textures in the music. It seemed like a pretty natural thing to bring in all those outside people and do it that way."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> he stated the band's focus had shifted towards emphasising <a href="/wiki/Treble_(sound)" title="Treble (sound)">treble</a>, and he felt an urge for the band to use <a href="/wiki/Mallet_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallet (music)">mallet</a> instruments on <i>TNT</i>, especially the <a href="/wiki/Marimba" title="Marimba">marimba</a>, "in ways that were different from the past. It's a hard line to walk with that, but we tried to do it."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parker's guitar work is clean and explores single-note melodies, taking the band's music back to "a more <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>-based structure."<sup id="cite_ref-auto10_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The music is characterized by subtle alterations in sound,<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shifting arrangements,<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walking_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Walking bass">walking bass</a> lines,<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Noise_music" title="Noise music">noise</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> contemplative melodies<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">fusion</a> percussion<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which incorporates reverberating snare drums.<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the band's new direction, <i>TNT</i> does bear similarities to the band's previous work through its "distant feedback, restrained <a href="/wiki/Drone_music" title="Drone music">drones</a>, lightly-brushed drums and ticking <a href="/wiki/Breakbeat" title="Breakbeat">breakbeats</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/CMJ_New_Music_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="CMJ New Music Monthly">CMJ New Music Monthly</a></i>, "pieces of one track drift subtly through others, and the whole things moves like a <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_music" title="Postmodern music">postmodern</a> dreamscape, mixing and remixing scraps of sense, condensing and displacing them to form an eerie and volatile composite."<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wire_(magazine)" title="The Wire (magazine)">The Wire</a></i> said the album "builds up discreetly in layers and mostly build in no apparent direction."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> said the band's influences are more clear on <i>TNT</i> than on previous records, citing "<a href="/wiki/Steve_Reich" title="Steve Reich">Steve Reich</a>'s marimba rhythms, dub's sonic teasing, <a href="/wiki/Can_(band)" title="Can (band)">Can</a>'s mesmerizing locomotion, <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a>'s rugged surf-guitar melodies."<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>CMJ</i>, meanwhile, said <i>TNT</i> "calls to mind everything from <a href="/wiki/Derek_Bailey_(guitarist)" title="Derek Bailey (guitarist)">Derek Bailey</a>'s angular improv to lite <a href="/wiki/Bossa_nova" title="Bossa nova">bossa nova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>-ish <a href="/wiki/Space_rock" title="Space rock">space rock</a> to techno and <a href="/wiki/Drum_%27n%27_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Drum 'n' bass">drum 'n' bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Electro-funk" class="mw-redirect" title="Electro-funk">electro-funk</a> to <a href="/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla" title="Astor Piazzolla">Astor Piazzolla</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Nuevo_tango" title="Nuevo tango">nuevo tango</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the band's increased interest in jazz on <i>TNT</i> is said to be in "the tradition of the <a href="/wiki/Art_Ensemble_of_Chicago" title="Art Ensemble of Chicago">Art Ensemble of Chicago</a> and its compatriots in the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Creative_Musicians" title="Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians">Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians</a> (of which Parker is a member.)"<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comparisons were made between <i>TNT</i> and <a href="/wiki/Stereolab" title="Stereolab">Stereolab</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Dots_and_Loops" title="Dots and Loops">Dots and Loops</a></i> (1997)<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Oldfield" title="Mike Oldfield">Mike Oldfield</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Tubular_Bells" title="Tubular Bells">Tubular Bells</a></i> (1973).<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compositions">Compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg/220px-Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg/330px-Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg/440px-Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2650" data-file-height="1321" /></a><figcaption>John McEntire provides a <a href="/wiki/Drone_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drone (music)">drone</a> on "Ten-Day Interval" using a <a href="/wiki/Marimba" title="Marimba">marimba</a>, an instrument whose usage he urged on the album.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Opening track "TNT" is said to display both the album's cool jazz sound "from the first few seconds" and organic groove in its opening minutes. Bush, describing the former scenario, said: "a lazy, slightly free drum solo frames a few tentative guitar chords and some teased effects, before the band kicks in with a holds-barred jam that encompasses a tremulous solo from trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Rob_Mazurek" title="Rob Mazurek">Rob Mazurek</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Pitchfork</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s William Morris, describing the arrival of the groove meanwhile, described it as follows: "fragmented loose drum forms slowly take shape behind scattered angular guitar chords, only to fall perfectly in line for a subdued, but determined, steady full-circuit instrumental jam."<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track has been described as a "venture into a <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davies" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles Davies">Miles Davies</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Bitches_Brew" title="Bitches Brew">Bitches Brew</a></i>-style jazz", as has "Swung from the Gutters",<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is krautrock-influenced.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Ten-Day Interval" is influenced by <a href="/wiki/Minimalism" title="Minimalism">minimalism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and features "Oriental repetition."<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track features McEntire playing a "pattering" marimba in such a fashion that it "becomes a <a href="/wiki/Drone_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drone (music)">drone</a> element," whilst "the piano carries a distant melody."<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I Set My Face to the Hillside" features a "<a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Western" title="Spaghetti Western">Spaghetti Western</a>-style riff"<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and atmospherics that have been compared to Ennio Morricone.<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Suspension Bridge at Iguazu Falls" is "guitar-driven <a href="/wiki/Latin_rock" title="Latin rock">Latino rock</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men", which has been described as "smooth, <a href="/wiki/Ry_Cooder" title="Ry Cooder">Ry Cooder</a>-infused <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> takes its title from a similarly titled work by <a href="/wiki/John_Barton_Wolgamot" title="John Barton Wolgamot">John Barton Wolgamot</a> recorded by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ashley" title="Robert Ashley">Robert Ashley</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The consecutive tracks "Almost Always Is Nearly Enough" and "Jetty" largely forgo the jazz influences and instead present "cut-up voices, brittle drum'n'bass rhythms and ricocheting electronics."<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Jetty" is an alternate version of 1997 song "La Jeteé" by Tortoise's jazzier sister group, <a href="/wiki/Isotope_217" title="Isotope 217">Isotope 217</a> (Both songs took their name from landmark experimental film <i><a href="/wiki/La_jet%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="La jetée">La jetée</a></i>.) They are followed by the "mesmerizing tone" of closing track "Everglade".<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_promotion">Release and promotion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Release and promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Media interest in <i>TNT</i> was relatively high prior to its release; American publications such as <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> and British publications such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wire_(magazine)" title="The Wire (magazine)">The Wire</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Face_(magazine)" title="The Face (magazine)">The Face</a></i> ran features on the band and the album.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band's labels and distributors had relatively high commercial hopes for the album; <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Distribution_Alliance" title="Alternative Distribution Alliance">Alternative Distribution Alliance</a>, who distribute the band's American record label <a href="/wiki/Thrill_Jockey" title="Thrill Jockey">Thrill Jockey</a> to major chains, set up programs to promote and deliver <i>TNT</i> in outlets such as <a href="/wiki/Best_Buy" title="Best Buy">Best Buy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borders_(retailer)" title="Borders (retailer)">Borders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tower_Records" title="Tower Records">Tower Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Interest for the band had also grown in France; Betti Richards, Thrill Jockey's owner, said "France's market has always been a bit slow, but this time it seems like its going to blow up".<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>TNT</i> was released by Thrill Jockey on March 10, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United Kingdom, the album was released by <a href="/wiki/City_Slang" title="City Slang">City Slang</a>, whereas in Japan, where the album was expected to sell 15,000 copies and carried a <a href="/wiki/Bonus_track" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonus track">bonus remix</a> of the title track by <a href="/wiki/Nobukazu_Takemura" title="Nobukazu Takemura">Nobukazu Takemura</a>, it was released by <a href="/wiki/Tokuma_Japan_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokuma Japan Communications">Tokuma Japan Communications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cover art is simply a <a href="/wiki/Doodle" title="Doodle">doodle</a> made by a band member on a CD-R cover insert during the recording sessions. The album generally met target sales, with its success accredited to <a href="/wiki/College_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="College radio">college radio</a>. Richards told <i>Billboard</i> in March 1998, "we service about 200 [college] stations, and they've always done well. Up until about two months ago, we didn't have anybody doing anything with college radio–we just sent 'em the records. It charts naturally on its own."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though no standard singles were released from <i>TNT</i>, <a href="/wiki/Techno" title="Techno">techno</a> pioneer <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Carter" title="Derrick Carter">Derrick Carter</a> remixed material from the album for a limited edition release.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tortoise underwent a five-month world tour in promotion of the album, beginning in Europe in April 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the material on <i>TNT</i> was arranged over a long period of time in the studio, the band had to rearrange the songs for the tour; <i>CMJ</i> described it as "the curious position of having to learn its songs from the record–to "cover" them as it were–highlighting the postmodern reversal that turns live performance into a stimulation of the recorded original, the real into a copy of the virtual."<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McEntire told the magazine that "none of these songs were really played by the group together at one point ever, which is why we're having such a hard time now trying to learn them to play them live. It gets even more confusing because a lot of the stuff that's recorded was just done on a whim and you can't even remember what it is or who played it."<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/4 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/4 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/4 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/4 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-ct_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-independent_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Muzik" title="Muzik">Muzik</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9/10<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">4/10<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9.0/10<sup id="cite_ref-auto10_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Uncut_(magazine)" title="Uncut (magazine)">Uncut</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-auto14_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Critical reaction to <i>TNT</i> was positive. <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> critic <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kot" title="Greg Kot">Greg Kot</a> found that despite eschewing "vocals, narrative or conventional pop-song structure... the subtle logic of these compositions is revealed as tiny melodies surface and return, and the textures fan out as though part of a slow-motion sonic kaleidoscope".<sup id="cite_ref-ct_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiedo Nkwocha of <i><a href="/wiki/Vibe_(magazine)" title="Vibe (magazine)">Vibe</a></i> said, "rising above the current stale state of <a href="/wiki/Instrumental_rock" title="Instrumental rock">instrumental rock</a>, <i>TNT</i> explodes."<sup id="cite_ref-auto12_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brent DiCrescenzo of <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i> considered <i>TNT</i> "one of the top LPs of 1998 so far",<sup id="cite_ref-auto10_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as did <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Angela Lewis, who praised it as "brain food, utterly lacking in cynicism".<sup id="cite_ref-independent_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>'s <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ratliff" title="Ben Ratliff">Ben Ratliff</a> concluded that "<i>TNT</i> meanders, but it's a meandering expertly defined by the editing razor."<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andrea Moed of <i><a href="/wiki/CMJ" title="CMJ">CMJ</a></i> was favorable, saying "<i>TNT</i> contains more musical ideas than either rock or electronica has yielded in several years. What's more, a decent percentage of them are good ones."<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Sullivan of the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i> compared the music to "a soundtrack without a movie; if you're sitting peacefully, any window will do".<sup id="cite_ref-hc_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less savory was James Oldham of the <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>, who deemed the album "an admirable collection of jazz-tinged instrumentals... that says nothing and means even less."<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Retrospective reviews have been favourable, with <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>'s John Bush writing that, "instead of forcing studio experimentation to become an end to itself, the band mastered – with a single, deft statement – the far more difficult lesson of making technology work for the music."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Rough_Guides" title="Rough Guides">Music USA: The Rough Guide</a></i>, <i>TNT</i> is positively reviewed as skirting "the division between easy-to-digest <a href="/wiki/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music">ambient</a> <a href="/wiki/Chill-out_music" title="Chill-out music">chill</a> music and postmodern <a href="/wiki/Exotica" title="Exotica">exotica</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-rough_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rough-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Uncut_(magazine)" title="Uncut (magazine)">Uncut</a></i> hailed the album as "a masterpiece: not at all avant-garde, just an hour of wonderful and timeless music."<sup id="cite_ref-auto14_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <i>Pitchfork</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Mark Richardson wrote that the album was "weirdly beautiful and impossible... a place where the musical values of the past (instrumental proficiency, deliberate composition) met the digital future".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In their lists of the best albums of 1998, <i>TNT</i> was ranked 12th by <i><a href="/wiki/Magic_(music_magazine)" title="Magic (music magazine)">Magic</a></i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 32nd by <i><a href="/wiki/Spex_(magazine)" title="Spex (magazine)">Spex</a></i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 37th by <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Inrockuptibles" title="Les Inrockuptibles">Les Inrockuptibles</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and 58th by <i><a href="/wiki/Muzik" title="Muzik">Muzik</a></i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and was also included in the unordered lists of 1998's best albums by <i><a href="/wiki/Magnet_(magazine)" title="Magnet (magazine)">Magnet</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wire_(magazine)" title="The Wire (magazine)">The Wire</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Strauss" title="Neil Strauss">Neil Strauss</a> ranked the album as the 5th best of 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, <i>Pitchfork</i> ranked the album at number 91 in its list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s", with William Morris saying that "<i>TNT</i> was like a hypnotic snowglobe that refused to settle without ever having required shaking. Tortoise showcased their musicians' talents with an improviser's bent."<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Moon" title="Tom Moon">Tom Moon</a> included the album in his 2008 book <i><a href="/wiki/1,000_Recordings_to_Hear_Before_You_Die" title="1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die">1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rockdelux" title="Rockdelux">Rockdelux</a></i> included the album in their list of the 500 greatest albums from 1984–2014.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output 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scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"TNT"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Swung from the Gutters"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Ten-Day Interval"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:44</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"I Set My Face to the Hillside"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Equator"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"The Suspension Bridge at Iguazú Falls"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Four-Day Interval"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:29</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Almost Always Is Nearly Enough"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Jetty"</td><td class="tracklist-length">8:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Everglade"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:21</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Japanese edition bonus track</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"TNT" (<a href="/wiki/Nobukazu_Takemura" title="Nobukazu Takemura">Nobukazu Takemura</a> Remix)</td><td class="tracklist-length">10:05</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits adapted from liner notes.<sup id="cite_ref-booklet1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-booklet1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Tortoise</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bitney" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Bitney">Dan Bitney</a> – performer, programming</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Pajo" title="David Pajo">David Pajo</a> – performer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_McCombs" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas McCombs">Douglas McCombs</a> – performer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(musician)" title="Jeff Parker (musician)">Jeff Parker</a> – performer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Herndon" class="mw-redirect" title="John Herndon">John Herndon</a> – performer, programming</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McEntire" title="John McEntire">John McEntire</a> – performer, recording engineer, editing, mixing</li></ul> <p><b>Additional personnel</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caitlin_Hormson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caitlin Hormson (page does not exist)">Caitlin Hormson</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Bassoon" title="Bassoon">bassoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Popahna_Brandes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Popahna Brandes (page does not exist)">Popahna Brandes</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Mazurek" title="Rob Mazurek">Rob Mazurek</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Cornet" title="Cornet">cornet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sara_P._Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sara P. Smith (page does not exist)">Sara P. Smith</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julie_Liu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julie Liu (page does not exist)">Julie Liu</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Seibel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roger Seibel (page does not exist)">Roger Seibel</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Audio_mastering" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio mastering">mastering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheila_Sachs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheila Sachs (page does not exist)">Sheila Sachs</a>  – layout assistance</li> <li>Tortoise  – sleeve design</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1998) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK2_-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">76 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independent_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts">UK Independent Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UKIndependent_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UKIndependent_-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Heatseekers" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Heatseekers">Heatseekers Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Tortoise_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Tortoise-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">25 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNT_(Tortoise_album)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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