Earthee

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Earthee
Earthee.album.jpg
Studio album by
THEESatisfaction
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)
Genre
Length42:08
Label Sub Pop
Producer
  • THEESatisfaction
  • Erik Blood
THEESatisfaction chronology
Awe Naturale
(2012)		Earthee
(2015)

Earthee (stylized as EarthEE) is the second studio album by THEESatisfaction. [2] It was released by Sub Pop on February 24, 2015. [3] [4] Music videos were created for "Recognition" [5] and "Earthee". [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club B+ [9]
Consequence of Sound B− [10]
Exclaim! 8/10 [11]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [13]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [15]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]

Kyle Fowle of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B+, describing it as "an album that engages with the history of black culture while challenging the political, cultural, and musical status quos at every turn." [9] Safy-Hallan Farah of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, writing, "The album, at its best, feels like an alluring, slow meditation on the black imagination." [15]

The Stranger placed it at number 10 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2015" list. [17]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Prophetic Perfection"1:41
2."No GMO"1:56
3."Planet for Sale"3:21
4."Blandland"2:35
5."Fetch/Catch"4:01
6."Nature's Candy"4:10
7."Earthee"3:48
8."Post Black, Anyway"3:29
9."Universal Perspective"3:34
10."Werq"3:38
11."Sir Come Navigate"3:04
12."Recognition"2:39
13."I Read You"4:12

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top R&B Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 25

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  2. ↑ Coplan, Chris (February 4, 2015). "THEESatisfaction premiere new song "EarthEE" — listen". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ Terry, Josh (December 2, 2014). "THEESatisfaction announce new album EarthEE, premiere "Recognition"". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "THEESatisfaction Discography". Sub Pop . Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ Adams, Gregory (January 8, 2015). "THEESatisfaction "Recognition" (video)". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Adams, Gregory (July 20, 2015). "THEESatisfaction "EarthEE" (video)". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "EarthEE by THEESatisfaction". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "EarthEE - THEESatisfaction". AllMusic . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  9. 1 2 Fowle, Kyle (February 24, 2015). "The political and existential collide on the latest from TheeSatisfaction". The A.V. Club . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ Madden, Michael (February 19, 2015). "THEESatisfaction – EarthEE". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  11. ↑ Simpson, Scott (February 23, 2015). "THEESatisfaction EarthEE". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  12. ↑ Carroll, Jim (March 7, 2015). "TheeSatisfaction: EarthEE | Album Review". The Irish Times . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  13. ↑ Joy, Sarah (February 23, 2015). "THEESatisfaction - EarthEE". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  14. ↑ Paton, Daniel (February 23, 2015). "THEESatisfaction – EarthEE". MusicOMH . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  15. 1 2 Farah, Safy-Hallan (February 25, 2015). "THEESatisfaction: EarthEE". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  16. ↑ Fiander, Matthew (February 15, 2015). "THEESatisfaction: EarthEE". PopMatters . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  17. ↑ "The Top 10 Albums, Songs, and Everything Else from the Year in Music 2015". The Stranger . December 16, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  18. ↑ "THEESatisfaction Chart History (Top R&B Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved September 15, 2019.[ dead link ]
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