| After Robots | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 8, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Russian Recording, Bloomington, Indiana [1] | |||
| Genre | Indie rock [2] | |||
| Length | 46:09 | |||
| Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
| Producer | Brandon Curtis [3] | |||
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After Robots is the first full-length album by the South African indie rock band BLK JKS. It was released on September 8, 2009 on the Secretly Canadian label.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [5] |
| Clash | 7/10 [6] |
| Consequence of Sound | C+ [7] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [8] |
| The Guardian | [9] |
| MusicOMH | [10] |
| Paste | 4.2/10 [11] |
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10 [3] |
| PopMatters |   [12] |
According to Metacritic, based on 21 critic reviews, After Robots has a score of 75 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2] For example, Gideon Brody of Drowned in Sound gave it a rating of 8 out of 10 and concluded, "When it's at its best, After Robots harbours a brave sense of adventurism, a fearless experimentalism." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Molalatladi" | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Banna Ba Modimo" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Standby" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Lakeside" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Taxidermy" | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Kwa Nqingetje" | 7:58 |
| 7. | "Skeleton" | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Cursor" | 5:18 |
| 9. | "Tselane" | 6:32 |
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