Spokes (album)

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Spokes
PlaidSpokes.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 October 2003 (2003-10-20) [1]
Genre IDM, electronic, techno
Length58:43
Label Warp
Producer Plaid
Plaid chronology
Double Figure
(2001)
Spokes
(2003)
Greedy Baby
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [4]
Playlouder Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Stylus Magazine C [6]

Spokes is the fifth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on Warp in 2003.

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.2 out of 10, saying: "A consistent mood is carried through most of these ten tracks, and it can be characterized with words familiar to people who listen to a lot of IDM: reflective and mysterious, with an occasional tension verging on paranoia." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Even Spring"5:24
2."Crumax Rins"6:00
3."Upona"5:07
4."Zeal"6:01
5."Cedar City"5:47
6."B Born Droid"5:31
7."Marry"6:47
8."Get What You Gave"5:16
9."Buns"6:40
10."Quick Emix"6:10
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Miamivice"3:51

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References

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  4. 1 2 Richardson, Mark (14 November 2003). "Plaid: Spokes". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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