Exquisite Corpse (album)

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Exquisite Corpse
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Studio album by
Daedelus
ReleasedMarch 22, 2005 (2005-03-22) [1]
Genre Electronic
Length49:19
Label Mush Records, Ninja Tune
Producer Daedelus, Prefuse 73, Cyne, Jogger
Daedelus chronology
Of Snowdonia
(2004)		Exquisite Corpse
(2005)		 Denies the Day's Demise
(2006)
Singles from Exquisite Corpse
  1. "Impending Doom / Just Briefly"
    Released: December 13, 2005 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! favorable [5]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
XLR8R favorable [8]

Exquisite Corpse is the eighth studio album by American electronic music producer Daedelus. It was released on Mush Records and Ninja Tune in 2005.

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

Mush Records edition
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Dearly Departed" Daedelus 4:08
2."Impending Doom" (featuring MF Doom)Daedelus2:19
3."Just Briefly"Daedelus3:16
4."Move On" (featuring Lil' Sci)Daedelus3:02
5."Now & Sleep" (featuring Laura Darling)Daedelus3:15
6."The Crippled Hand"Daedelus6:26
7."Welcome Home" (featuring Prefuse 73)Daedelus, Prefuse 73 3:35
8."Cadavre Exquis" (featuring TTC)Daedelus3:25
9."Drops" (featuring Cyne)Daedelus, Cyne 3:27
10."Fallen Love"Daedelus2:33
11."Welcome Home" (featuring Mike Ladd)Daedelus4:39
12."I. Sent Off / II. Sus Percoll" (featuring Jogger)Daedelus, Jogger4:46
13."The Trains Are Now So Clean"Daedelus1:08
14."Thanatopsis" (featuring Hrishikesh Hirway)Daedelus3:20
Ninja Tune edition
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Dearly Departed" Daedelus 4:09
2."Impending Doom" (featuring MF Doom)Daedelus2:19
3."Just Briefly"Daedelus3:16
4."Move On" (featuring Lil' Sci)Daedelus3:02
5."Now & Sleep" (featuring Laura Darling)Daedelus3:15
6."The Crippled Hand"Daedelus6:26
7."Welcome Home" (featuring Prefuse 73)Daedelus, Prefuse 73 3:35
8."Drops" (featuring Cyne)Daedelus, Cyne 3:26
9."Fallen Love"Daedelus2:33
10."Welcome Home" (featuring Mike Ladd)Daedelus4:39
11."I. Sent Off / II. Sus Percoll" (featuring Jogger)Daedelus, Jogger4:46
12."The Trains Are Now So Clean"Daedelus1:08
13."Thanatopsis" (featuring Hrishikesh Hirway)Daedelus5:20
14."Cadavre Exquis" (featuring TTC)Daedelus3:26

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References

  1. ↑ "MH-232: Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse". Mush Records . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "MH-031: Daedelus - Impending Doom/Just Briefly". Mush Records . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Exquisite Corpse by Daedelus". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse". AllMusic . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dix, Noel (June 1, 2005). "Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Crock, Jason (March 9, 2005). "Daedelus: Exquisite Corpse". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Henderson, Lee (July 26, 2005). "Daedelus: Exquisite Corpse". PopMatters . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bush, Ben (June 14, 2005). "Daedelus: Exquisite Corpse". XLR8R . Retrieved March 13, 2015.

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