Testarossa (album)

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Testarossa
Studio album by
Yoni & Geti
ReleasedMay 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Genre Hip hop, indie pop
Length36:10
Label Joyful Noise Recordings
Producer Yoni Wolf

Testarossa is a collaborative studio album by Yoni Wolf and Serengeti, as Yoni & Geti. [1] It was released on Joyful Noise Recordings on May 6, 2016. [2] Based on a script the two wrote together on tour, it is a concept album, telling the story of a star-crossed couple named Maddy and Davy. [3] On May 2, 2016, BrooklynVegan premiered a stream of the full album. [4] A music video was created for "Madeline". [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide B+ [8]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [9]
The Skinny 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 76, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [6]

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a densely packed, atmosphere-driven conceptual piece with one foot in the underground rap scene and the other in the increasingly elastic indie pop realm." [7] He added, "the two manage to find a little tenderness in their protagonists' struggles, and while it can make for some uncomfortable moments, it's never not compelling." [7]

In June 2016, Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone named it one of the "Best Rap Albums of 2016 So Far". [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Umar Rashid"1:16
2."Allegheny"4:05
3."Madeline"3:26
4."Frank"3:05
5."Lunchline"3:55
6."Change"0:47
7."Wassup (Uh Huh)"1:53
8."Lucky Town"2:47
9."What a Fool"0:47
10."Simone"2:45
11."Down"2:37
12."The Lore"3:12
13."I, Testarossa"4:01
14."Simple & Sweet"1:34

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Andrew (April 15, 2016). "Yoni Wolf and Serengeti Say 'Wassup' on New Track from Collaborative LP". Spin . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Seth (May 26, 2016). "Top Five Live: Indy 500 boasts a live soundtrack". The Indianapolis Star . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ DeVille, Chris (March 10, 2016). "Yoni & Geti – "Lunchline" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (May 2, 2016). "Yoni Wolf of WHY? & Serengeti releasing 'Testarossa' (stream it), touring". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (May 23, 2016). "Yoni & Geti (WHY? and Serengeti) Share "Madeline" Video". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Testarossa by Yoni & Geti". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Monger, James Christopher. "Testarossa - Yoni & Geti". AllMusic . Retrieved January 13, 2017.
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