# German Water

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{{Infobox album
| name       = German Water
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Ativin](/source/Ativin)
| cover      = German_Water.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 4 May 1999
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Instrumental rock](/source/Instrumental_rock)
| length     = 38:20
| label      = [Secretly Canadian](/source/Secretly_Canadian)
| producer   =
| prev_title = [Pills Versus Planes](/source/Pills_vs._Planes)
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [Summing the Approach](/source/Summing_the_Approach)
| next_year  = 1999
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|title=German Water - Ativin|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/german-water-mw0000253502|work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|publisher=[Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation)|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> 
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'''''German Water''''' is an album by the Bloomington, Indiana-based instrumental rock band [Ativin](/source/Ativin), released in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Biography by Jonathan Cohen |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ativin-mn0000509038/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' deemed the album "brooding, introspective and powerful, even during the whisper-quiet moments."<ref>{{cite web |title=Ativin Night Mute |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/336-night-mute/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "Thirteen Ovens" – 4:00
# "Fortune Telling Fish" – 3:25
# "Stations" – 6:28
# "Back at the Lab" – 4:18
# "Church of Astronauts" – 4:00
# "Modern Gang Reader" – 4:17
# "Meeting with the Center of the Earth" – 11:52

==References==
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Category:1999 albums
Category:Instrumental rock albums
Category:Secretly Canadian albums
Category:Ativin albums

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