Parts of Speech (album)

Parts of Speech
Studio album by Dessa
Released	June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)
Studio	The Hideaway; The Birdcage; McNally Smith College of Music; Fleur de Tete
Genre	Hip hop, alternative hip hop
Length	44:28
Label	Doomtree Records
Producer	Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger
Dessa chronology
Castor, the Twin (2011) Parts of Speech (2013) Parts of Speech, Re-Edited (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B+ [2]

Parts of Speech is the third studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records on June 25, 2013. ^{[3] [4]} An EP of remixes entitled Parts of Speech, Re-Edited was released on June 17, 2014. ^{[5] [6]}

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Parts of Speech received an average score of 78% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[1]

It debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,800 copies in the United States. ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dessa, except "I'm Going Down" by Bruce Springsteen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Man I Knew"	3:34
2.	"Call Off Your Ghost"	3:38
3.	"Warsaw"	3:11
4.	"Skeleton Key"	3:34
5.	"Dear Marie"	3:59
6.	"I'm Going Down"	3:45
7.	"Fighting Fish"	3:02
8.	"The Lamb"	3:43
9.	"Beekeeper"	3:55
10.	"Annabelle"	4:00
11.	"It's Only Me"	3:48
12.	"Sound the Bells"	4:20

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Dessa – vocals, piano, executive production, art direction
• Dustin Kiel – guitar, piano, programming, executive production
• Sean McPherson – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Joey Van Phillips – drums, percussion, vibraphone
• Paper Tiger – production (on 2, 3 and 8)
• Lazerbeak – production (on 4 and 7), executive production
• Rebecca Arons – cello
• Nick Ogawa – cello
• Jessy Greene – violin
• Scott Agster – trombone
• Gabriel Douglas – vocals
• Aby Wolf – vocals
• Benjamin Burwell – vocals
• Mayda – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming
• Emily Dantuma – sampled cello
• Jake Wallenius – sampled drums
• Joe Mabbott – mixing, engineering
• Brady Moen – additional engineering, additional editing
• Bruce Templeton – mastering
• Kai Benson – art direction, design
• Bill Phelps – photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [8]	74
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [9]	19
US Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard ) [10]	8

References

1. "Parts of Speech - Dessa". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
2. Koski, Genevieve (June 25, 2013). "Dessa: Parts Of Speech". The A.V. Club .
3. Paine, Jake (May 15, 2013). "Dessa "Parts Of Speech" Release Date, Cover Art & Tour Dates". HipHopDX . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
4. Maldonado, Jose (April 9, 2013). "Dessa Announces New Album "Parts of Speech" Set for June 2013 Release". Mxdwn. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
5. Tardio, Andres (June 13, 2014). "Dessa "Parts Of Speech" Remix EP Cover Art & Tracklist". HipHopDX .
6. Fadgerberg, Jerald (June 21, 2014). "Broke Beats: Dessa – 'Parts of Speech, Re-Edited'". BDCwire. Boston.com.
7. "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/30/2013". HipHopDX . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
8. "Dessa - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved July 17, 2017.
9. "Dessa - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard . Retrieved July 17, 2017.
10. "Dessa - Chart history - Tastemaker Albums". Billboard . Retrieved July 17, 2017.

External links

• Parts of Speech at Discogs (list of releases)