Start Together

Start Together
Box set by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2014
Recorded1995–2014
GenrePunk rock[1]
Length268:08
LabelSub Pop
Sleater-Kinney chronology
The Woods
(2005)
Start Together
(2014)
No Cities to Love
(2015)

Start Together is compilation box set containing the entire remastered discography of the American rock band Sleater-Kinney. A digital version of the remastered box set was released on September 2, 2014. Three thousand limited edition physical copies of the box set were released on colored vinyl with a 44-page companion book on October 21, 2014.[2][3][4] The box set also included a 7″ single of the song "Bury Our Friends" from their 2015 album No Cities to Love.[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic94/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
The Guardian[8]
Pitchfork Media9.2/10[1]

Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork Media praised the compilation box set, stating that "Start Together tells the unlikely story of how this band carried the wildfire of '90s Oly-punk to pastures of more ambitious musicality—a decade that moves from caterwauling shrieks to glowing lyricism, from barebones snark to Zep-length improv, from personal-political to outright (left) political."[1]

Contents

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  1. Sleater Kinney
  2. Call the Doctor
  3. Dig Me Out
  4. The Hot Rock
  5. All Hands on the Bad One
  6. One Beat
  7. The Woods
  8. "Bury Our Friends" (single)

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 176
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 37
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] 43

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pelly, Jenn (October 24, 2014). "Start Together". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel (September 2, 2014). "Sleater-Kinney Releasing Career-Spanning 'Start Together' Box Set". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Beauchemin, Molly (September 2, 2014). "Sleater-Kinney to Release Start Together Box Set". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (September 2, 2014). "Sleater-Kinney's 'Start Together' Box Set Out in October". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "It's Official: Sub Pop Can Keep a Secret (Sleater-Kinney to Release New Record/Tour)". SubPop.com. October 20, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Start Together [Box Set] – Sleater-Kinney". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  7. ^ Phares, Heather. "Start Together – Sleater-Kinney". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  8. ^ Petridis, Alexis (October 16, 2014). "Sleater-Kinney: Start Together review – a seven-album box set of punk power". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Start Together – Sleater-Kinney Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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