These Are the Vistas

These Are the Vistas
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2003
RecordedReal World Studios, September 30, 2002 - October 5, 2002
GenreJazz
Length52:28
LabelColumbia
ProducerTchad Blake, The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus chronology
The Bad Plus
(2001)
These Are the Vistas
(2003)
Give
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic81/100
Review scores
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AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyA−
Pitchfork Media(7.0/10)
Rolling Stone
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

These Are the Vistas is the second studio album by the jazz trio The Bad Plus, and the band's first album for a major label (Columbia Records). The album was the listening public's first widespread opportunity to hear the band, which Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal called a "jazz power trio with a rock-and-roll heart." The album features three cover songs: Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Blondie's "Heart of Glass," and Aphex Twin's "Flim". In November 2009, NPR's All Songs Considered selected the album as one of the 50 "most important" recordings of the decade.