Skimskitta

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Skimskitta
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Studio album by
Released3 March 2003 (2003-03-03)
Genre Electronica
Length61:03
Label Warp Records
Mira Calix chronology
One on One
(2000)
Skimskitta
(2003)
Eyes Set Against the Sun
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [3]

Skimskitta is the second studio album by Mira Calix. It was released by Warp Records in 2003.

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Skimskitta received an average score of 70% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Andy Beta of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, saying, "Skimskitta isn't particularly strong or potent, but it's relaxed and smooth enough to induce a very mellow, mild buzz." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Again, It Starts"0:38
2."Poussou"2:45
3."Woody"5:07
4."Savanna"2:26
5."The Wolf, the Sheep & the Door"6:08
6."Flicker"1:00
7."Do I Ever?"1:17
8."Sixnot6"5:47
9."Clement"1:20
10."I May Be Over There (But My Heart Is Over Here)"4:16
11."Distracted2"5:00
12."Isibuko"0:40
13."Paarl"2:02
14."Like Spoons"1:26
15."Shadenfreude"5:47
16."Hiccup"1:04
17."Suffix"1:55
18."Simple (Almost Mix)"0:52
19."You Open Always"4:29
20."Little Long Gone"3:23
21."Two Seasons"3:41

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References

  1. 1 2 "Skimskitta by Mira Calix". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. Marshall, Kingsley. "Skimskitta - Mira Calix". AllMusic . Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Beta, Andy (6 March 2003). "Mira Calix: Skimskitta". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 February 2017.