Mirrored

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Mirrored
Battlesmirrored.png
Studio album by
Battles
ReleasedMay 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
Recorded2006
StudioMachines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
Genre
Length51:52
Label Warp
Producer Battles
Battles chronology
EP C/B EP
(2006)		Mirrored
(2007)		 Tonto+
(2007)

Mirrored is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Battles. It was released on May 14, 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on May 22, 2007 in the United States. Mirrored marked the first album in which the band incorporated prominent vocals and lyrics into their songs, as previous extended plays by the band had been completely instrumental, with the exception of occasional beatboxing and wordless vocals on certain tracks. The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2007. Mirrored was released to wide critical acclaim and appeared on year-end best album lists from several publications, including Time , NME , The Guardian , and Pitchfork Media.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 86/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B− [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 9.1/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Mirrored was widely acclaimed upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 31 reviews. [1] The album placed ninth in The Wire 's annual critics' poll. [12] Online music magazine Pitchfork later placed Mirrored at number 105 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. [13] The single "Atlas" was ranked at number 42 on Pitchfork's top 500 tracks of the 2000s list. [14] In October 2011, NME placed "Atlas" at number 54 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Battles

No.TitleLength
1."Race : In"4:50
2."Atlas"7:07
3."Ddiamondd"2:33
4."Tonto"7:43
5."Leyendecker"2:48
6."Rainbow"8:11
7."Bad Trails"5:18
8."Prismism"0:52
9."Snare Hangar"1:58
10."Tij"7:03
11."Race : Out"3:29
Japan bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Katoman"2:08

Personnel

Battles
Additional personnel

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