Teatime Dub Encounters

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Teatime Dub Encounters
Underworld Iggy Pop Teatime Dub Encounters.jpg
EP by
ReleasedJuly 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)
Label Caroline International
Producer Rick Smith
Underworld chronology
Live at Summer Sonic 2016
(2016)
Teatime Dub Encounters
(2018)
Drift
(2019)
Iggy Pop chronology
Post Pop Depression
(2016)
Teatime Dub Encounters
(2018)
Free
(2019)
Singles from Teatime Dub Encounters
  1. "Get Your Shirt"
    Released: July 6, 2018

Teatime Dub Encounters is a collaborative EP by British electronic music group Underworld and American singer-songwriter Iggy Pop. It was released on July 27, 2018, by Caroline International, except in Japan where it was released by Beat Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 4.7/10 [7]
Under the Radar 8/10 [8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Teatime Dub Encounters received an average score of 65, based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [9]

Commercial performance

Teatime Dub Encounters debuted at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 2,782 units in its first week. It also debuted at number two on the Vinyl Albums Chart in the UK, where it sold 789 copies of the vinyl edition. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rick Smith, Karl Hyde and Iggy Pop.

No.TitleLength
1."Bells & Circles"7:29
2."Trapped"7:43
3."I'll See Big"4:46
4."Get Your Shirt"7:30

Personnel

with:

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 20
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [13] 16
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [14] 13
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [15] 12
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC) [16] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 22

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