| Apartment #635 | ||||
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| Released | 30 June 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Funk, alternative | |||
| Length | 42:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records [1] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Apartment #635 is the second album by the funk band DAG, released in 1998. [3] [4]
Keyboard deemed the album "funk, old-school style," writing "think Jamiroquai crossbred with the Time." [5] The Charleston Daily Mail thought that "imitation is not an entirely bad thing and, all in all, the stuff is convincing and great for parties." [6] The Baltimore Sun wrote that DAG "delivers an old- school groove that's too deep to be written off as mere retro soul." [7]
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