Dance Mother

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Dance Mother
Dance Mother (2009) by Telepathe.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
Length42:10
Label IAMSOUND, Cooperative (UK)
Producer Dave Sitek, Dan Hurron
Telepathe chronology
Chrome's On It EP
(2008)
Dance Mother
(2009)

Dance Mother is the debut album of the synthpop duo Telepathe. It was released on January 26, 2009 via IAMSOUND Records and Cooperative Records. The album was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio. [1]

Contents

The US releases of the album contain 3 extra tracks: So Fine (Chairlift remix), Devil's Trident (The Big Pink Specialization Reality) and Michael (Atticus Ross remix). [2]

Music videos for "So Fine" and "Chrome's On It" were produced. [3] [4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (70/100) [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME (7/10) [9]
Pitchfork (6.7/10) [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Telepathe.

No.TitleLength
1."So Fine"3:29
2."Chrome’s On It"4:12
3."Devil’s Trident"4:24
4."In Your Line"4:29
5."Lights Go Down"4:48
6."Can’t Stand It"6:12
7."Michael"4:10
8."Trilogy: Breath Of Life, Crimes And Killings, Threads And Knives"6:59
9."Drugged"3:03
Total length:48:10
Bonus tracks for US releases
No.TitleLength
14."So Fine (Chairlift remix)"5:09
15."Devil's Trident (The Big Pink Specialization Reality)"6:36
16."Michael (Atticus Ross remix)"5:30
Total length:59:27

Personnel

Credits for Dance Mother adapted from Discogs: [2]

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