Street Horrrsing

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Street Horrrsing
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Studio album by
Released17 March 2008 (2008-03-17)
Length49:38
Label ATP Recordings
Fuck Buttons chronology
Street Horrrsing
(2008)
Tarot Sport
(2009)
Singles from Street Horrrsing
  1. "Bright Tomorrow"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Colours Move"
    Released: 2008

Street Horrrsing is the debut studio album by Fuck Buttons, released on 17 March 2008. It peaked at number 23 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B− [4]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [7]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Pitchfork placed it at number 20 on the "50 Best Albums of 2008" list. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fuck Buttons

No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Love for Planet Earth"9:40
2."Ribs Out"3:57
3."Okay, Let's Talk About Magic"10:08
4."Race You to My Bedroom / Spirit Rise"9:18
5."Bright Tomorrow"7:41
6."Colours Move"8:54

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [1] 23

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