The Devil's Walk (album)

The Devil's Walk
Studio album by Apparat
Released	27 September 2011 (2011-09-27)
Genre	Electronic
Length	47:29
Label	Mute Records
Producer	Sascha Ring Nackt Joshua Eustis
Apparat chronology
DJ-Kicks: Apparat (2010) The Devil's Walk (2011) Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) (2013)
Singles from The Devil's Walk
"Ash/Black Veil" Released: 6 May 2011 "Black Water" Released: 18 August 2011 "Song of Los" Released: 26 September 2011 "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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	8/10 [3]
Consequence of Sound	B [4]
Drowned in Sound	6/10 [5]
Fact	3/5 [6]
The Guardian	[7]
MusicOMH	[8]
Pitchfork	6.6/10 [9]
PopMatters	[10]
Sputnikmusic	3/5 [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 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sascha Ring, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(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.

• Sascha Ring – production, guitar, mandolin, piano, instruments
• Nackt – choir (1), production, string arrangement, guitar, mandolin, piano, instruments
• Berlin String Theory – strings
• Göteborg String Theory – strings
• Jörg Wähner – drums
• Cherie – choir (1)
• Alfredo Noguiera – guitar (3)
• Joshua Eustis – production (3, 9, 10)
• Anja Franziska Plascha – guest vocals (4)
• Thimo Pommerening – vibraphone (6)
• Charles Gorczynski – horns (9)
• Flavio Etcheto – horns (9)
• Simon Bauer – upright bass (9)
• Der Onkel – marimba (9)
• David Haller – vibraphone (9)
• Giovanni Nicoletta – mixing
• Kai Blankenberg – mastering
• Hanna Zeckau – illustration
• Carsten Aermes – layout

Charts

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

References

1. "Reviews for The Devil's Walk by Apparat". Metacritic . Retrieved 16 April 2016.
2. Kellman, Andy (27 September 2011). "Apparat The Devil's Walk". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 April 2016.
3. Pearlman, Mischa (20 September 2011). "Apparat - The Devil's Walk". Clash . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
4. Dunsmore, Summer (19 September 2011). "Apparat – Devil's Walk". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
5. Brody, Gideon (28 September 2011). "Album Review: Apparat - The Devil's Walk". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
6. Purdom, Tim (6 October 2011). "Apparat: The Devil's Walk". Fact . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
7. Sullivan, Caroline (22 September 2011). "Apparat: The Devil's Walk – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
8. Hogwood, Ben (26 September 2011). "Apparat – The Devil's Walk". MusicOMH . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
9. Colly, Joe (20 September 2011). "Apparat: The Devil's Walk". Pitchfork . Retrieved 16 April 2016.
10. Hepfinger, Billy (17 October 2011). "Apparat The Devil's Walk". PopMatters . Retrieved 16 April 2016.
11. "Review: Apparat - The Devil's Walk". Sputnikmusic. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
12. "Ultratop.be – Apparat – The Devil's Walk" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
13. "Lescharts.com – Apparat – The Devil%27s Walk". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

External links

• The Devil's Walk at Discogs (list of releases)