title: Extractions (album)
text: # Extractions (album)
  
  Extractions is the third studio album by English band Dif Juz, released in 1985 by record label 4AD.
  
  It was released on 1 July 1985.
  
  ## Recording
  
  Extractions was recorded from 6–20 April 1985 at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, with Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins as producer and Keith Mitchell as engineer.
  
  ## Musical style
  
  Extractions was less ambient than the band's previous works while retaining the same "moody" tone.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Trouser Press | mixed |
  
  AllMusic called it "a gripping, involving instrumental masterpiece". Trouser Press, on the other hand, wrote: "[Dif Juz] get by on Extractions, but just barely."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks written by Dif Juz
  
  ### Side One
  
  * "Crosswinds" - 7:43
  * "A Starting Point" - 3:39
  * "Silver Passage" - 3:55
  * "The Last Day" - 4:01
  
  ### Side Two
  
  * "Love Insane" - 3:11
  * "Marooned" - 4:02
  * "Two Fine Days (And a Thunderstorm)" - 2:29
  * "Echo Wreck" - 4:37
  * "Twin and Earth" - 4:29
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Dif Juz
  
  * Alan Curtis
  * David Curtis
  * Gary Bromley
  * Richard Thomas
  
  ### Additional Personnel
  
  * Elizabeth Fraser - voice (track 5)
  