Riddles (album)

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Riddles
Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Riddles.png
Studio album by
Ed Schrader's Music Beat
ReleasedMarch 2, 2018
Genre Post-punk
Length39:22
Label Carpark
Producer Dan Deacon
Ed Schrader's Music Beat chronology
Party Jail
(2014)		Riddles
(2018)		Nightclub Daydreaming
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 7.5/10 [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [5]
Under the Radar 8/10 [6]

Riddles is the third studio album by American rock duo Ed Schrader's Music Beat. The album features the single "Dunce". [7] The album was produced and co-written by electronic-pop musician Dan Deacon. [5]

Contents

Reception

Riddles was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77 based on five reviews. [2] Aggregate website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of five reviews. [1]

Writing in Pitchfork 's review of Riddles, Nina Corcoran described the collaboration between the band and producer Dan Deacon as "a new musical direction... By lacing arms with Dan Deacon, the duo throw themselves into an auspicious zone, creating an album that remains introspective even at its wildest moments." [5]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Riddles
Critic/PublicationListRankRef
Loud and Quiet Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 201823 [8]
Under the Radar Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 201846 [9]

Track listing

Riddles track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Dunce"3:54
2."Seagull"5:18
3."Riddles"4:38
4."Dizzy Devil"5:12
5."Wave to the Water"2:24
6."Rust"2:27
7."Kid Radium"3:26
8."Humbucker Blues"2:32
9."Tom"4:04
10."Culebra"5:27

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References

  1. 1 2 "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Riddles by Ed Schrader's Music Beat". Metacritic . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Kenny, Brody (March 14, 2018). "Ed Schrader's Music Beat take a bold gamble with the cathartic Riddles". The 405 . Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Riddles - Ed Schrader's Music Beat". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Corcoran, Nina (March 19, 2018). "Ed Schrader's Music Beat -- Riddles Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wyatt, Ryan (March 2, 2018). "Ed Schrader's Music Beat -- Riddles Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ Singh, Param Anand. "Ed Schrader's Music Beat Shares Dan Deacon-Produced New Song and Video "Dunce"". Vice. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Loud and Quiet's Best 40 Albums of 2018". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2018". Under the Radar . December 30, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2021.


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