The Devil's Walk (album)

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The Devil's Walk
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Studio album by
Released27 September 2011 (2011-09-27)
Genre Electronic
Length47:29
Label Mute Records
Producer
Apparat chronology
DJ-Kicks: Apparat
(2010)
The Devil's Walk
(2011)
Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)
(2013)
Singles from The Devil's Walk
  1. "Ash/Black Veil"
    Released: 6 May 2011
  2. "Black Water"
    Released: 18 August 2011
  3. "Song of Los"
    Released: 26 September 2011
  4. "Candil de la Calle"
    Released: 26 March 2012

The Devil's Walk is a studio album by Apparat. It was released on Mute Records on 27 September 2011.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [5]
Fact 3/5 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Sputnikmusic3/5 [11]

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 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sascha Ring, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Unrest"
  • Sascha Ring
  • Nackt
3:33
2."Song of Los" 4:34
3."Black Water"
  • Sascha Ring
  • Alfredo Noguiera
4:42
4."Goodbye" (w/ Soap&Skin)
  • Sascha Ring
  • Anja Franziska Plaschg
4:29
5."Candil de la Calle" 4:37
6."The Soft Voices Die"
  • Sascha Ring
  • Nackt
4:22
7."Escape" 5:46
8."Ash/Black Veil" 5:44
9."A Bang in the Void" 6:01
10."Your House Is My World" 3:54
Total length:47:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 59
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 137

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