Transparent Things (album)

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Transparent Things
Fujiya&MiyagiTransparentThings2.jpg
Cover of the U.S. rerelease.
Studio album by
Released2006
January 23, 2007 (U.S.)
Genre Electronic, Krautrock,
Dance-punk
Length38:43(US)
Label Tirk Records
Deaf Dumb & Blind (U.S.)
Fujiya & Miyagi chronology
Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style
(2003)
Transparent Things
(2006)
Lightbulbs
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media 8.3/10 link
Prefix Magazine8.0/10 link
Stylus Magazine B+ link

Transparent Things is an album by Fujiya & Miyagi released in 2006. It was re-released in the United States in 2007 with different artwork and the bonus track "Reeboks in Heaven".

The title of the album comes from Vladimir Nabokov's 1972 novel of the same name.

Track listing

  1. "Ankle Injuries" – 5:04
  2. "Collarbone" – 4:03
  3. "Photocopier" – 4:05
  4. "Conductor 71" – 4:09
  5. "Transparent Things" – 2:55
  6. "Sucker Punch" – 2:40
  7. "In One Ear & Out the Other" – 3:43
  8. "Cassettesingle" – 6:31
  9. "Cylinders" – 3:12
  10. "Reeboks in Heaven" (U.S. Bonus Track) – 2:22


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