All Hands (album)

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All Hands
All Hands cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)
Genre Hip hop
Length56:58
Label Doomtree Records
Producer Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger, Cecil Otter, P.O.S
Doomtree chronology
No Kings
(2011)
All Hands
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic favorable [2]
Consequence of Sound C+ [3]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [4]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [5]
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All Hands is the third official studio album by Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree. [7] It was released by Doomtree Records on January 27, 2015. [8] It peaked at number 95 on the Billboard 200 chart. [9]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, All Hands received an average score of 62% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Final Boss" Sims, Dessa, P.O.S, Mike Mictlan Lazerbeak 4:34
2."My Own Nation"Sims, Mike Mictlan, Dessa, P.O.S Paper Tiger, Lazerbeak3:37
3.".38 Airweight"P.O.S, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak4:10
4."Gray Duck"Mike Mictlan, Dessa, P.O.S, SimsCecil Otter, Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger4:04
5."Heavy Rescue"Cecil Otter, Dessa, P.O.S, SimsCecil Otter, Lazerbeak4:45
6."80 on 80"P.O.S, Sims, Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Cecil OtterCecil Otter4:32
7."Mini Brute"P.O.S, Dessa, Cecil Otter, Sims, Mike MictlanCecil Otter4:30
8."Cabin Killer"Dessa, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, P.O.SCecil Otter, Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger3:55
9."Beastface"Sims, P.O.S, Mike Mictlan P.O.S 4:02
10."The Bends"Dessa, P.O.S, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike MictlanCecil Otter4:06
11."Generator"Mike Mictlan, P.O.S, DessaPaper Tiger3:36
12."Off in the Deep"P.O.S, Sims, DessaPaper Tiger3:41
13."Marathon"Sims, Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, P.O.SCecil Otter7:26

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [9] 95
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 15
US Tastemakers ( Billboard ) [11] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 10
US Top Rap Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 8
US Vinyl Albums ( Billboard ) [14] 6

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