| By the Throat | ||||
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| Released | July 21, 2009 [1] [2] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, alternative hip hop, rap rock, underground hip hop | |||
| Length | 29:53 | |||
| Label | Rhymesayers Entertainment | |||
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| Eyedea & Abilities chronology | ||||
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By the Throat is the third and final studio album by American hip hop duo Eyedea & Abilities. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on July 21, 2009. [1] [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BBC | favorable [4] |
| City Pages | favorable [5] |
| HipHopDX |    [6] |
| PopMatters |   [7] |
| URB | [8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
Andrew Dietzel of PopMatters gave the album 9 stars out of 10, commenting that "By the Throat, succinct and emotive, is the perfect convergence of styles, attacking the listener's jugular with a powerful punk thrust, cynical observations, and an out-and-out assault on hip-hop's standards." [7] Adam Figman of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Combined with newly found experiences, newly discovered self-awareness and newly refined skills, By the Throat catches this almost forgotten duo at a new height of their combined powers." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hay Fever" | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Spin Cycle" | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Time Flies When You Have a Gun" | 1:44 |
| 4. | "Burn Fetish" | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Sky Diver" | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Junk" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "Forgive Me for My Synapses" | 1:02 |
| 8. | "This Story" | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Factory" | 1:55 |
| 10. | "Smile" | 4:02 |
| 11. | "By the Throat" | 2:41 |
| Total length: | 29:53 | |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] | 9 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] | 38 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] | 91 |
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