Face Tat

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Face Tat
Zach Hill - Face Tat.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 2010 (2010-10-19)
RecordedApril 2, 2009 – July 1, 2010
Genre
Length39:38
Label Sargent House
Producer
Zach Hill chronology
Astrological Straits
(2008)
Face Tat
(2010)
Lil Scuzzy
(2011)

Face Tat (stylized in all caps) is the second full-length studio album by American recording artist Zach Hill. It was co-produced by Andy Morin and released on October 19, 2010.

Contents

Artwork

The album cover shows a photograph of an angry woman with short black hair wearing a flannel shirt and overalls. She is holding a compressed air can which is spewing flames that she is glaring at. She is stood in front of a row of trees in daytime. There is a narrow plain white border around the image where the name of the album is handwritten in the top-right corner.

The cover was designed by Andy Morin and Sonny Kay and photographed by Sean Stout.

The woman appearing on the album cover is Liz Liles. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Face Tat received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 74/100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Zach Hill.

Face Tat [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Memo to the Man"
3:42
2."The Primitives Talk"Hill
  • Hill
  • Morin
3:22
3."Ex-Ravers"
  • Hill
  • Reinhart
  • Hill
  • Morin
3:20
4."The Sacto Smile"
  • Hill
  • Reinhart
  • Randy Randall
  • Dean Spunt
  • Hill
  • Morin
1:58
5."Green Bricks"Hill
  • Hill
  • Morin
2:42
6."House of Hits"
  • Hill
  • Reinhart
  • Hill
  • Morin
4:54
7."Jackers"Hill
  • Hill
  • Morin
1:33
8."Burner in the Video"
  • Hill
  • Robby Moncrieff
  • Hill
  • Morin
3:27
9."Dizzy from the Twins"
  • Hill
  • Reinhart
  • Hill
  • Morin
2:23
10."Gross Sales"
  • Hill
  • Guillermo Scott Herren
  • Hill
  • Morin
2:48
11."Total Recall"
  • Hill
  • Randall
  • Spunt
  • Hill
  • Morin
3:02
12."Face Tat"
  • Hill
  • Carson McWhirter
  • Hill
  • Morin
3:42
13."Second Life"
  • Hill
  • Devendra Banhart
  • Hill
  • Morin
2:45
Total length:39:38

Personnel

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