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| Released | November 17, 2017 | |||
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| Length | 47:16 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Baths | |||
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Romaplasm is the third studio album by American electronic musician Baths. It was released by Anticon on November 17, 2017. [2]
| Romaplasm | ||||
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| Released | November 17, 2017 | |||
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| Length | 47:16 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Baths | |||
| Baths chronology | ||||
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Romaplasm is the third studio album by American electronic musician Baths. It was released by Anticon on November 17, 2017. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 [4] |
| PopMatters |   [5] |
| The Skinny |   [6] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
Christopher Laird of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, calling it "[Baths'] most personal and reflective album to date." [5] Sasha Geffen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.9 out of 10, saying, "Without abandoning the conundrums that made Obsidian so emotionally indelible, he's embellished the worlds of his songs with color from the dreams in which he's immersed himself over the years." [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yeoman" | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Extrasolar" | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Abscond" | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Human Bog" | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Adam Copies" | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Lev" | 2:13 |
| 7. | "I Form" | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Out" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Superstructure" | 4:03 |
| 10. | "Wilt" | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Coitus" | 3:32 |
| 12. | "Broadback" | 3:36 |
Credits adapted from AllMusic website. [7]
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