The Redeemer (album)

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The Redeemer
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Studio album by
Released1 May 2013 (2013-05-01)
Length44:02
Label Hippos in Tanks
Producer
Dean Blunt chronology
The Narcissist II
(2012)
The Redeemer
(2013)
Black Metal
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10 [1]
Metacritic 71/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence C+ [3]
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Pitchfork 6.1/10 [5]
PopMatters 8/10 [6]
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The Redeemer is a studio album by British musician Dean Blunt, released in 2013 on Hippos in Tanks. [8] [9]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Dean Blunt, except "The Redeemer" (co-produced by Arca).

No.TitleLength
1."I Run New York"0:36
2."The Pedigree"2:27
3."Demon"5:00
4."Flaxen"4:09
5."V"0:50
6."The Redeemer"3:32
7."The Seven Seals of Affirmation"2:14
8."Walls of Jericho"3:44
9."Make It Official"1:44
10."Need 2 Let U Go"2:34
11."Dread"0:58
12."Y3"1:31
13."Papi"2:17
14."MMIX"0:55
15."All Dogs Go to Heaven"5:33
16."Imperial Gold"2:28
17."Predator"0:14
18."Brutal"3:23
19."Par"0:06

Notes

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