| Idiology | ||||
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| Released | April 24, 2001 | |||
| Genre | IDM, electronica, post-rock, ambient | |||
| Length | 49:20 | |||
| Label | Domino, Thrill Jockey, Sonig | |||
| Producer | Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma | |||
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| Singles from Idiology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork | 9.6/10 [3] |
| PopMatters | favorable [4] |
Idiology is a studio album by German electronica duo Mouse on Mars. It was released in 2001.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Idiology received an average score of 83% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]
Pitchfork placed it at number 12 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2001" list. [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Actionist Respoke" | 4:57 |
| 2. | "Subsequence" | 5:18 |
| 3. | "Presence" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "The Illking" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Catching Butterflies with Hands" | 5:23 |
| 6. | "Doit" | 5:16 |
| 7. | "First : Break" | 5:16 |
| 8. | "Introduce" | 5:03 |
| 9. | "Unity Concepts" | 1:41 |
| 10. | "Paradical" | 2:29 |
| 11. | "Fantastic Analysis" | 5:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Tape Me Baby" | 4:16 |
| 13. | "Stuffed Funk" | 4:47 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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