TV Loves You Back

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TV Loves You Back
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Studio album by
Restiform Bodies
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length44:04
Label Anticon
Producer Restiform Bodies
Restiform Bodies chronology
Sun Hop Flat
(2001)		TV Loves You Back
(2008)		TV Loves You Back Remixes
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club A− [1]
East Bay Express favorable [2]
Exclaim! favorable [3]
Okayplayer 73/100 [4]
Performer Magazine favorable [5]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Remix 4/5 [8]
Soundcheck Magazinefavorable [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]

TV Loves You Back is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Restiform Bodies. It was released on Anticon in 2008.

Contents

Release

On July 22, 2008, "Bobby Trendy Addendum" became available digitally via Impose . [11] On September 9, 2008, Tobacco's remix of "Panic Shopper" was posted by XLR8R . [12] TV Loves You Back was released on September 30, 2008. [13] A remix version of the album, TV Loves You Back Remixes, was released in 2013. [14]

Critical reception

Amorn Bholsangngam of URB gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "TV Loves You Back is the closest to pop that Anticon may ever come, a refreshing change of pace for listeners weary of the heavy, serious musical soliloquies that the label specializes in." [10] Vish Khanna of Exclaim! called it "the perfectly imperfect soundtrack to an information overloaded yet, ironically, attention deficit addled culture." [3] Ande Pareti of Soundcheck Magazine wrote: "Each song on TV Loves You Back is a carefully concocted trip, and listening to the album in its entirety is delightful substance abuse." [9]

Chris Martins of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of A−, saying, "Passage's verses are hailstorms of cyberized imagery and sarcastic poetry, while producers Bomarr and Telephone Jim Jesus skip art-hop subtlety for beats that bang." [1] Mark Keresman of East Bay Express said: "Like Public Enemy at their best, Restiform Bodies engage you with the beats and audacious flair then make you look long and hard into funhouse-warped, revealing mirrors." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Black Friday"3:17
2."Foul"4:03
3."A Pimp-Like God"5:20
4."Panic Shopper"4:00
5."Consumer Culture Wave"3:39
6."Bobby Trendy Addendum"4:05
7."Pick It Up, Drop It"5:47
8."Interactive Halloween Bear"3:49
9."Opulent Soul"5:59
10."Ameriscan"3:56

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References

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  2. 1 2 Keresman, Mark (October 1, 2008). "Restiform Bodies: TV Loves You Back". East Bay Express . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Khanna, Vish (September 23, 2008). "Restiform Bodies: TV Loves You Back". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Roussell, Adam (November 2008). "Restiform Bodies". Okayplayer . Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Isaac, Mike (October 2008). "Recorded Reviews". Performer Magazine . Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ Strew, Roque (December 10, 2008). "Restiform Bodies: TV Loves You Back". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ Fiander, Matthew (September 24, 2008). "Restiform Bodies: TV Loves You Back". PopMatters . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Levine, Noah (October 22, 2008). "CD Review: Restiform Bodies, TV Loves You Back (Anticon.)". Remix . Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Pareti, Andy. "Restiform Bodies: TV Loves You Back". Soundcheck Magazine. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Bholsangngam, Amorn (October 14, 2008). "Restiform Bodies :: TV Loves You Back". URB . Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ Gillespie, Blake (July 22, 2008). "Listen: Restiform Bodies, "Bobby Trendy Addendum"". Impose . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Rutledge, Bryant (September 9, 2008). "Restiform Bodies "Panic Shopper (Tobacco Remix)"". XLR8R . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ Marston, Jennifer (November 24, 2008). "Restiform Bodies Hold Remix Contest". XLR8R . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "TV Loves You Back Remixes | Restiform Bodies". Bandcamp . October 21, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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