Resurgam (album)

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Resurgam
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Studio album by
Alias
ReleasedAugust 26, 2008 (2008-08-26)
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length48:13
Label Anticon
Producer Alias
Alias chronology
Collected Remixes
(2007)		Resurgam
(2008)		 Fever Dream
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club A− [3]
East Bay Express favorable [4]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Sputnikmusic2.5 (average) [7]
XLR8R favorable [8]

Resurgam is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Alias. It was released on Anticon in 2008. It features guest appearances from Yoni Wolf and The One AM Radio. [9] The title is Latin for "I shall rise again". [10]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Resurgam received an average score of 79% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Putting paranoia and noir to the side for the moment, Alias has created his most welcoming and positive dream world on Resurgam, an album where the creaks comfort and the low cloud cover comes off as heavenly." [2] Mia Lily Clarke of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, saying: "While Resurgam is a record of many different moods, and unashamedly derivative of Alias' influences, it maintains a distinctive, concrete consistency." [5] She added: "This is largely due to Alias' impressive talent for arrangements; the material is deftly woven with a great ear for detail, and there really is something to appeal to almost everyone." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."New to a Few"2:34
2."I Heart Drum Machines"4:47
3."Well Water Black" (featuring Yoni Wolf)6:01
4."Oakland Morning"1:32
5."M.G. Jack"4:52
6."Prelude to a Death Watch"1:17
7."Death Watch"4:10
8."Place of No More Choices"1:07
9."Resurgam"3:00
10."Autumnal Ego"4:17
11."Weathering" (featuring The One AM Radio)4:30
12."Justamachine"4:53
13."Oakland in the Rearview"5:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Resurgam by Alias". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Resurgam - Alias". AllMusic . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Martins, Chris (September 2, 2008). "Alias: Resurgam". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Keresman, Mark (September 10, 2008). "Alias: Resurgam". East Bay Express . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Clarke, Mia Lily (November 7, 2008). "Alias: Resurgam". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Fairall, Jer (September 5, 2008). "Alias: Resurgam". PopMatters . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Greer, Nick (August 27, 2008). "Alias - Resurgam". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Ware, Tony (September 17, 2008). "Alias: Resurgam". XLR8R . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Pascual, Oscar (June 19, 2008). "Anticon's Alias Announces New Album, Track List". SF Weekly . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  10. ↑ Rutledge, Bryant (August 25, 2008). "Alias "Justamachine"". XLR8R . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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