Decent Work for Decent Pay

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Decent Work for Decent Pay
Decent Work for Decent Pay cover.jpg
Remix album by
Diplo
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
Genre Dance, electronic
Length60:23
Label Big Dada
Producer Diplo
Diplo chronology
Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub
(2008)		Decent Work for Decent Pay
(2009)		 Blow Your Head: Diplo Presents Dubstep
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B− [3]
BBC Music mixed [4]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [5]
The Guardian unfavorable [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 5.2/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Decent Work for Decent Pay is a DJ mix compilation album by Diplo. It was released on Big Dada on January 26, 2009. [9]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Decent Work for Decent Pay received an average score of 60% based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [1]

C. T. Heaney of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying, "it goes in so many different directions (some expertly, some unimpressively) that it's hard to tell what, exactly, Diplo is trying to accomplish by putting it all here in one place." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Newsflash" (featuring Sandra Melody) Diplo 3:07
2."Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)" (featuring Bun B and Rich Boy) M.I.A. 3:26
3."Put That Pussy on Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)" Spank Rock 3:45
4."Reload It" Kano 3:49
5."200"Diplo2:27
6."Where Is Home? (Diplo Remix)" Bloc Party 6:25
7."Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (Diplo Remix)" CSS 4:18
8."Solta o Frango" Bonde do Rolê 2:18
9."Heater (Diplo Extended Edit)" Samim 4:33
10."Shake a Fist (Diplo Remix)" Hot Chip 4:07
11."Way More Brazil"Diplo3:22
12."Veni Vidi Vici (Diplo Remix)" Black Lips 3:44
13."The Whistler (Diplo Remix)" Claude VonStroke 4:19
14."Smash a Kangaroo"Diplo3:29
15."Young Folks (Diplo Youngest Folks Remix)" Peter Bjorn and John 6:10

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 23

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References

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  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Diplo - Decent Work for Decent Pay: Selected Works, Vol. 1". AllMusic . Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (February 3, 2009). "Diplo: Decent Work For Decent Pay". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Pattison, Louis (2009). "Diplo - Decent Work For Decent Pay - Review". BBC Music . Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Scott-Delany, Finn (February 5, 2009). "Diplo - Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works Volume One". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
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  11. ↑ "Diplo - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard . Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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