Walls (Apparat album)

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Walls
ApparatWalls.jpg
Studio album by
Released7 August 2007 (2007-08-07)
Recorded2006
Genre
Length59:53
Label Shitkatapult
Producer Sascha Ring
Apparat chronology
Duplex
(2003)
Walls
(2007)
DJ-Kicks: Apparat
(2010)

Walls is a studio album by Apparat. It was released on Shitkatapult in 2007.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
eMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Resident Advisor 3/5 [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svg [6]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that it is "a remarkable album that ranks as his best yet." [1] Nitsuh Abebe of Pitchfork , who gave the album an 8.1 out of 10, compared the album to the work of M83 and Slowdive, calling it "one of the best electronic dream-pop records in a while". [3] He added, "The best of these tracks combine the mechanized pulse and sonic possibilities of techno with good old bliss-out dreams better than anything in a while." [3]

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not a Number" 3:59
2."Hailin from the Edge"
  • Raz Ohara
  • Sascha Ring
3:39
3."Useless Information" 4:04
4."Limelight" 4:12
5."Holdon"
  • Raz Ohara
  • Sascha Ring
4:10
6."Fractales, Pt. 1" 3:34
7."Fractales, Pt. 2" 2:06
8."Birds" 5:03
9."Arcadia" 5:10
10."You Don't Know Me" 4:24
11."Headup"
  • Raz Ohara
  • Sascha Ring
5:06
12."Over and Over"
  • Raz Ohara
  • Sascha Ring
5:07
13."Like Porcelain" 9:19
Total length:59:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 94

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References

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  2. eMusic review
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