10th Avenue Freakout
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| Released | March 22, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 58:32 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
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10th Avenue Freakout is the third studio album by American indie rock band Fog. It was released on Lex Records on March 22, 2005.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Billboard | favorable[3] |
| Cokemachineglow | 61/100[4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[5] |
| Stylus Magazine | C+[6] |
| XLR8R | favorable[7] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 10th Avenue Freakout received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a rhythmic, up-front electronic-pop album, much less pensive and subdued than Fog's previous full-length, Ether Teeth."[2] He called it "consistently imaginative and never predictable."[2] Liz Cordingley of XLR8R said: "Volleying between forceful and quirky, the avant-garde approach of this album gets closer to the human side of jazz than any digitized hip-hop beat."[7] Ron Hart of Billboard called it "the most adventurous work in the Fog catalog yet."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Can You Believe It?" | 2:58 |
| 2. | "We're Winning" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "10th Avenue Freakout" | 4:38 |
| 4. | "The Rabbit" | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Song About a Wedding" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Holy! Holy! Holy!" | 4:57 |
| 7. | "The Small Burn" | 6:15 |
| 8. | "Hummer" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "O Telescope" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Goody Gumdrops" | 3:00 |
| 11. | "The Poor Fella" | 6:12 |
| 12. | "A Murder" | 5:11 |
| 13. | "The Hully Gully" | 6:13 |
| Total length: | 58:32 | |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Andrew Broder – lyrics, music, production, engineering, front cover concept
- Jeremy Ylvisaker – music, engineering
- Mark Erickson – lyrics (2), music
- Martin Dosh – music
- Michael Lewis – music
- Tim Glenn – music
Additional personnel
- Greg Lewis – trumpet (1), horns (2)
- Huntley Miller – processing (2, 4, 11, 13)
- George Cartwright – saxophone (3, 4, 12, 13)
- Adam Linz – bass guitar (3, 11, 12)
- Jaqueline Ferrier-Ultan – cello (6, 11, 12)
- Andrew Lafkas – bass guitar (6, 13)
- Julie Wellman – lyrics (7), vocals (7, 8)
- Adam Drucker – lyrics (9)
- Tom Herbers – production, engineering
- Ehquestionmark – sleeve artwork
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "10th Avenue Freakout by Fog". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ a b c Peterson, Ben. "10th Avenue Freakout - Fog". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Hart, Ron (April 21, 2005). "Fog, "10th Avenue Freakout"". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ Betz, Chet (March 23, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Howe, Brian (March 20, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Merwin, Charles (April 15, 2005). "Fog - 10th Avenue Freakout". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Cordingley, Liz (May 10, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". XLR8R. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
External links
[edit]- 10th Avenue Freakout at Discogs (list of releases)
