The Church (Mr. Oizo album)

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The Church
The Church album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2014
Genre Wonky, electro house, glitch, tech house
Length29:49
Label Brainfeeder [1]
Producer Quentin Dupieux
Mr. Oizo chronology
Wrong Cops (Best Of)
(2014)
The Church
(2014)
All Wet
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Clash 6/10 [3]
Pitchfork 4.9/10 [4]

The Church is the fifth studio album by french electronic music composer Mr. Oizo. [1] [5] The album was released on November 18, 2014, under Brainfeeder Records. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "while the best songs here are entertaining individually, they tend to diminish each other within the album's context".



Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Quentin Dupieux except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Bear Biscuit"  2:42
2."Ham"  3:12
3."Destop"  2:10
4."Dry Run" (featuring Bart B More)
  • Quentin Dupieux
  • Bart van der Meer
  • Mr. Oizo
  • Bart B More
3:25
5."Mass Doom"  2:32
6."Machyne"  3:08
7."iSoap"
  • Dupieux
  • Cédric Savelli
 4:02
8."Torero"
  • Dupieux
  • Sentier Techno Model
  • Mr. Oizo
  • Sentier Techno Model
3:58
9."Memorex"  1:08
10."The Church"  3:32
Total length:29:49

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References

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  2. "The Church - Mr. Oizo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
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  5. "Mr. Oizo | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "Mr. Oizo Takes You to 'The Church' on New LP". exclaim.ca.