Angles (Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip album)

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Angles
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Studio album by
Released12 May 2008 (UK)
2 September 2008 (USA)
RecordedNovember 2007
Genre Hip hop, electronic
Length57:23
Label Sunday Best Recordings (UK)
Strange Famous Records (USA)
Producer dan le sac, Yila

dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip chronology
Angles
(2008)
The Logic of Chance
(2010)
Singles from Angles
  1. "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
    Released: 9 April 2007
  2. "The Beat That My Heart Skipped"
    Released: 17 September 2007
  3. "Look for the Woman"
    Released: 28 April 2008
  4. "Letter from God to Man"
    Released: 28 July 2008
  5. "Thou Shalt Always Kill (De La Edit)"
    Released: 26 January 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 1/10 [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME (7/10) [3]
Okayplayer (88/100) [4]
Pitchfork Media (0.2/10) [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin 7/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5 [9]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Angles is the debut album by dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip, released on 12 May 2008. [11] It entered and peaked at #31 on the UK album chart. [12] Most of the album was recorded in a friend of Scroobius Pip's shed in Essex and dan le sac's back bedroom.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Scroobius Pip; all music is composed by dan le sac, except where noted

Angles
No.TitleLength
1."The Beat That My Heart Skipped"5:13
2."Development"3:57
3."Look for the Woman"4:04
4."Rapper's Battle"3:27
5."Tommy C"4:26
6."Fixed" (Music by dan le sac & Billy Squier)3:28
7."Angles"3:57
8."Letter from God to Man" (Music by dan le sac & Colin Greenwood, Edward O'Brien, Jonathan Greenwood, Phillip Selway, Thomas Yorke)3:57
9."Magician's Assistant"4:39
10."Back from Hell"3:14
11."Thou Shalt Always Kill"5:18
12."Waiting for the Beat to Kick In..." (also includes the hidden track "Reading My Dreams")11:37

Also released was an iTunes Bonus Video Version with a shortened version of "Waiting for the Beat to Kick In...", and the track "Reading My Dreams" was used as a separate track.

Angles (iTunes Bonus Video Version)
No.TitleLength
1."The Beat That My Heart Skipped"5:13
2."Development"3:57
3."Look for the Woman"4:04
4."Rapper's Battle"3:27
5."Tommy C"4:26
6."Fixed"3:28
7."Angles"3:57
8."Letter from God to Man"3:57
9."Magician's Assistant"4:39
10."Back from Hell"3:14
11."Thou Shalt Always Kill"5:18
12."Waiting for the Beat to Kick In..."6:53
13."Reading My Dreams"4:30
14."First Time We Met Musik (Demo)"4:12
15."Thou Shalt Always Kill (Video)"3:18
16."Look for the Woman (Video)"4:00

When the album was released in the United States by Strange Famous Records, it had a different track listing.

Angles (US Version)
No.TitleLength
1."The Beat That My Heart Skipped"5:14
2."Development"3:57
3."Thou Shalt Always Kill"5:18
4."Back from Hell"3:14
5."Look for the Woman"4:04
6."Fixed"3:28
7."Rappers Battle"3:37
8."Letter from God to Man"3:57
9."First Time We Met Musik"4:12
10."Tommy C"4:26
11."Angles"3:57
12."Magician's Assistant"4:39
13."Waiting for the Beat to Kick In..."14:11
14."Thou Shalt Always Kill (Video)" 

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