As was done with the debuts of previous 4AD artists like Pixies, Lush, and His Name Is Alive, the album is made up of demos that were slightly remixed for general release. In Martin Aston's book Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD,Mark Kozelek expressed regret over the reverb- and echo-heavy mixing techniques he employed. The song "Waterkill", which dates from the same sessions but not included here, later appeared on the compilation Retrospective in un-remixed form, giving listeners an idea of the original demos' rawer sound.
A music video was produced for the song "24", directed by Mark Taylor.
The cover artwork for Down Colorful Hill is by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier entitled "Bed".
Down Colorful Hill has generally been well received by critics.
AllMusic wrote "the group has already reached full maturity; these lengthy, ponderous songs are remarkably evocative portraits of a distinctly tortured psyche – Mark Kozelek forgoes the camouflage of metaphor to lay his soul on the line, and the honesty of his craft is both beautiful and disturbing".[1]Stereogum wrote in a 2012 article that the album "sounds dated and immature; the work of a nascent artist who didn't trust his own voice, didn't know his way around a studio and wasn't entirely confident on the guitar. [...] But good lord, what an album."[7]
^Morrison, Dave (October 1992). "Red House Painters: Down Colorful Hill". Select (28): 78.
^Nelson, Michael (June 12, 2012). "Mark Kozelek Albums from Worst to Best Red House Painters – Down Colorful Hill – Stereogum". Stereogum. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
down, colorful, hill, debut, studio, album, american, slowcore, band, house, painters, released, september, 1992, record, label, studio, album, house, paintersreleasedseptember, 1992recorded1989, 1991genreslowcorelength43, 35languageenglishlabel4adproducermark. Down Colorful Hill is the debut studio album by American slowcore band Red House Painters released on September 14 1992 by the record label 4AD Down Colorful HillStudio album by Red House PaintersReleasedSeptember 14 1992Recorded1989 1991GenreSlowcoreLength43 35LanguageEnglishLabel4ADProducerMark KozelekRed House Painters chronologyDown Colorful Hill 1992 Red House Painters 1993 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Release history 5 References 6 External linksBackground editAs was done with the debuts of previous 4AD artists like Pixies Lush and His Name Is Alive the album is made up of demos that were slightly remixed for general release In Martin Aston s book Facing the Other Way The Story of 4AD Mark Kozelek expressed regret over the reverb and echo heavy mixing techniques he employed The song Waterkill which dates from the same sessions but not included here later appeared on the compilation Retrospective in un remixed form giving listeners an idea of the original demos rawer sound A music video was produced for the song 24 directed by Mark Taylor The cover artwork for Down Colorful Hill is by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier entitled Bed Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Entertainment WeeklyB 2 Pitchfork8 2 10 3 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Select4 5 6 Down Colorful Hill has generally been well received by critics AllMusic wrote the group has already reached full maturity these lengthy ponderous songs are remarkably evocative portraits of a distinctly tortured psyche Mark Kozelek forgoes the camouflage of metaphor to lay his soul on the line and the honesty of his craft is both beautiful and disturbing 1 Stereogum wrote in a 2012 article that the album sounds dated and immature the work of a nascent artist who didn t trust his own voice didn t know his way around a studio and wasn t entirely confident on the guitar But good lord what an album 7 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Mark KozelekNo TitleLength1 24 6 472 Medicine Bottle 9 493 Down Colorful Hill 10 514 Japanese to English 4 425 Lord Kill the Pain 6 036 Michael 5 23Release history editCountry Date Label Format Catalogue United Kingdom September 14 1992 4AD CD first pressings came in a digipak sleeve CAD 2014 CDLP CAD 2014July 6 1998 CD reissue GAD 2014 CDUnited States September 15 1992 Warner Bros Records CD 9 45062 2November 2 1999 4AD CD reissue GAD 2014 CDReferences edit a b Ankeny Jason Down Colorful Hill Red House Painters AllMusic Retrieved December 5 2014 Berger Arion November 27 1992 Down Colorful Hill Entertainment Weekly Retrieved December 5 2014 Stosuy Brandon May 6 2015 Red Hot Painters Box Set Pitchfork Retrieved May 6 2015 Mason Matt September 2015 Master Strokes Q 350 118 19 Seward Scott 2004 Red House Painters In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster p 682 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 Morrison Dave October 1992 Red House Painters Down Colorful Hill Select 28 78 Nelson Michael June 12 2012 Mark Kozelek Albums from Worst to Best Red House Painters Down Colorful Hill Stereogum Stereogum Retrieved December 5 2013 External links editDown Colorful Hill at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Down Colorful Hill amp oldid 1064315812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
