Collecting the Kid

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Collecting the Kid
CollectingTheKid.jpg
Compilation album by
El-P
ReleasedOctober 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
Genre Hip hop
Length49:20
Label Definitive Jux
Producer El-P
El-P chronology
High Water
(2004)		Collecting the Kid
(2004)		 I'll Sleep When You're Dead
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
CMJ New Music Monthly favorable [2]
Exclaim! favorable [3]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
XLR8R mixed [6]

Collecting the Kid is a compilation album by El-P. It was released through Definitive Jux on October 19, 2004. [5]

Contents

The album is not intended as a direct follow-up to Fantastic Damage , but instead collects together various B-sides, instrumentals, film soundtracking work, and beats El-P has previously produced for other artists.

Critical reception

David Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 5.9 out of 10, saying, "most of Collecting the Kid shows one of underground hip-hop's most consistently rewarding producers in a frustrating holding pattern." [4] Justin Cober-Lake of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying: "It largely sounds like the studio tomfoolery that much of it is, but there's enough spark in even that to keep anticipation up for El-P's next real work." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dream Theme"2:13
2."Jukie Skate Rock" (featuring Central Services)4:30
3."Leaving This Place"3:48
4."Feel Like a Ghost"4:08
5."Intrigue in the House of India"6:27
6."Telemundo (Bombing Theme)"5:32
7."Slow Sex"3:52
8."Constellation" (featuring Stephanie Vezina)4:49
9."The Dance"4:27
10."The Day After Yesterday"3:53
11."Oxycontin" (featuring Central Services)5:36

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Collecting the Kid - El-P". AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (2004). "El-P: Collecting the Kid". CMJ New Music Monthly (129): 51.
  3. ↑ Dix, Noel (November 1, 2004). "El-P/Various: Collecting the Kid". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Moore, David (October 31, 2014). "El-P: High Water / Collecting the Kid". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Cober-Lake, Justin (February 2, 2005). "El-P: Collecting the Kid". PopMatters . Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ DJ Anna (September 28, 2004). "El-P - Collecting The Kid". XLR8R . Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
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