Security Screenings

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Security Screenings
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EP by
ReleasedFebruary 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
Genre Electronic
Length41:25
Label Warp Records
Producer Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73 chronology
Prefuse 73 Reads the Books E.P.
(2005)
Security Screenings
(2006)
Preparations
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Security Screenings is an EP by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2006.

Contents

Although Security Screenings is actually as long as a proper LP, it is described as being an EP by the artist. [3] It is not considered to be a follow-up to the 2005 album, Surrounded by Silence .

The original cover art displayed the artist's name as "Prefuse LXIII", which means "Prefuse 63". This was corrected in later printings.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Letter: 'P'"1:17
2."With Dirt and Two Texts: Afternoon Version"3:26
3."Illiterate Interlude"0:28
4."Keeping Up with Your Quota"3:16
5."No Special Bed"0:31
6."Weight Watching"2:34
7."When the Grip Lets You Go"2:55
8."Another One Long Gone"2:08
9."Always It's Gonna Be Like That"1:07
10."Creating Cyclical Headaches" (featuring Four Tet)3:27
11."Awakening to a....."0:59
12."With Dirt and Two Texts: Later Version with Love"3:08
13."No Origin"3:41
14."One Star and Three Stripes"1:42
15."Mud in Your Mouth"2:43
16."Breathe"0:49
17."Matrimonioids ..... (For Elvin + Susana Estela)"3:45
18."We Leave You in a Cloud of Thick Smoke and Sleep Outro / Alternate Hidden Outro" (featuring Babatunde Adebimpe and Chuck Peterson)3:28

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [5] 21

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