Maniac Meat

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Maniac Meat
Maniac Meat-Tobacco 480.jpg
Studio album by
Tobacco
ReleasedMay 25, 2010 (2010-05-25) [1]
Genre Electronic
Length42:18
Label Anticon
Producer Tobacco
Tobacco chronology
The Allegheny White Fish Tapes
(2009)		Maniac Meat
(2010)		 LA UTI
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club C [4]
Beats Per Minute 75/100 [5]
Consequence of Sound C [6]
Now NNN [7]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Maniac Meat is the second studio album by Tobacco. It was released through Anticon on May 25, 2010. [1] Beck provided vocals on "Fresh Hex" and "Grape Aerosmith". [11] The album peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, [12] as well as number 44 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. [13]

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 69% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Constellation Dirtbike Head"2:55
2."Fresh Hex" (featuring Beck)1:35
3."Mexican Icecream"2:21
4."Lick the Witch"2:45
5."Sweatmother"2:12
6."Motorlicker"2:01
7."Unholy Demon Rhythms"2:29
8."Heavy Makeup"4:45
9."Grape Aerosmith" (featuring Beck)1:51
10."New Juices from the Hot Tub Freaks"2:06
11."Six Royal Vipers"2:26
12."Overheater"1:43
13."Creepy Phone Calls"4:08
14."TV All Greasy"3:21
15."Stretch Your Face"2:45
16."Nuclear Waste Aerobics"2:56
Total length:39:40

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 16
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 44

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  2. 1 2 "Maniac Meat by Tobacco". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Maniac Meat - Tobacco". AllMusic . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Murray, Noel (May 25, 2010). "Tobacco: Maniac Meat". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Coleman, Rich (May 25, 2010). "Tobacco - Maniac Meat". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Young, Alex (May 4, 2010). "Tobacco – Maniac Meat". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Rennie, Andrew (August 5, 2010). "Tobacco: Maniac Meat (Anticon)". Now . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Patrin, Nate (May 25, 2010). "TOBACCO: Maniac Meat". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ Britt, Thomas (May 26, 2010). "Tobacco: Maniac Meat". PopMatters . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ Souter, Alan (June 9, 2010). "Tobacco – Maniac Meat". The Skinny . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ Breihan, Tom (February 19, 2010). "Beck to Guest on New Tobacco Album". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Tobacco: Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard . Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Tobacco: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard . Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
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