Monkeytown (album)

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Monkeytown
Modeselektor - Monkeytown.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Genre IDM
Length55:46
Label Monkeytown
Producer
Modeselektor chronology
Modeselektion Vol. 01
(2010)
Monkeytown
(2011)
Who Else
(2019)
Singles from Monkeytown
  1. "Shipwreck"
    Released: 2011
  2. "This"
    Released: 2012
  3. "Evil Twin / German Clap"
    Released: 2012

Monkeytown is the third studio album by German electronic music duo Modeselektor. It was released on Monkeytown Records on 30 September 2011. It was produced "100% together in the studio and in one session over the course of ten weeks". [1] In 2014, it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [2] which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [7]
Resident Advisor Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blue Clouds" 6:02
2."Pretentious Friends" (featuring Busdriver) 3:33
3."Shipwreck" (featuring Thom Yorke)
6:14
4."Evil Twin" (featuring Otto von Schirach) 4:01
5."German Clap" 6:34
6."Berlin" (featuring Miss Platnum) 4:44
7."Grillwalker" 4:03
8."Green Light Go" (featuring PVT)
  • Bronsert
  • PVT
  • Szary
4:50
9."Humanized" (featuring Anti Pop Consortium) 4:23
10."This" (featuring Thom Yorke)
  • Bronsert
  • Szary
  • Yorke
6:26
11."War Cry" 4:56
Total length:55:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [10] 170
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 97

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