From the Desk of Mr. Lady

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From the Desk of Mr. Lady
EP by
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2001 (2001-01-23)
Genre Electroclash
Length17:07
Label Mr. Lady
Le Tigre chronology
Le Tigre
(1999)
From the Desk of Mr. Lady
(2001)
Feminist Sweepstakes
(2001)

From the Desk Of... Mr. Lady is an EP by American feminist electroclash trio Le Tigre.

Contents

In 2016, "Mediocrity Rules" was featured in a commercial for Post Foods' Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles. [1]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (72/100) [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media 5.0/10 [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Village Voice B+ [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Le Tigre

No.TitleLength
1."Get Off the Internet"3:35
2."Bang! Bang!"2:33
3."They Want Us to Make a Symphony Out of the Sound of Women Swallowing Their Own Tongues"1:49
4."Yr Critique"2:37
5."Gone B4 Yr Home"2:20
6."Mediocrity Rules"2:01
7."All That Glitters" (Rachael Kozak remix)2:30
Total length:17:07


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References

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  2. "From the Desk of Mr. Lady". Metacritic .
  3. Juzwiak, Richard (23 January 2001). "From the Desk of Mr. Lady EP Review". Pitchfork Media .
  4. Wilson, Mackenzie. "From the Desk of Mr. Lady Review". AllMusic .
  5. Christgau, Robert (1 May 2001). "Haikus and Atmospheres". Village Voice .
  6. Chonin, Neva. "From the Desk of Mr. Lady Review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2002-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)