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| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 51:34 | |||
| Label | Tri Angle Records | |||
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Excavation is the second studio album by The Haxan Cloak, released on Tri Angle Records on April 16, 2013. [1]
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| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 51:34 | |||
| Label | Tri Angle Records | |||
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Excavation is the second studio album by The Haxan Cloak, released on Tri Angle Records on April 16, 2013. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.0/10 [2] |
| Metacritic | 84/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Clash | 8/10 [4] |
| Consequence of Sound | [5] |
| DIY | 7/10 [6] |
| Exclaim! | 10/10 [7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10 [8] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.0/5 [9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
| Spin | 9/10 [11] |
| XLR8R | 8/10 [12] |
Excavation received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [3] Pitchfork named Excavation the 29th best album of 2013, [13] and Rolling Stone called it the 16th best dance album of 2013. [14]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Consumed" | 1:39 |
| 2. | "Excavation (Part 1)" | 8:09 |
| 3. | "Excavation (Part 2)" | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Mara" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Miste" | 5:37 |
| 6. | "The Mirror Reflecting (Part 1)" | 3:10 |
| 7. | "The Mirror Reflecting (Part 2)" | 7:07 |
| 8. | "Dieu" | 5:12 |
| 9. | "The Drop" | 12:55 |
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