Lego Feet

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Lego Feet
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Studio album by
Autechre
Released1991 (1991)Original release
December 2011 (2011-12)Re-Release
Genre
Length73:49
Label Skam Records
SKA001
Producer Autechre
Autechre chronology
Lego Feet
(1991)
Cavity Job
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Milk Factory(4.7/5) [1]
XLR8R (8/10) [2]

Lego Feet (also referred to as SKA001CD or simply Ska001) is the sole self-titled studio album by Lego Feet (a predecessor to British electronic music duo Autechre), released in 1991 by Skam Records. [3] Originally released as a vinyl only, Skam Records re-released the album digitally and on CD with a re-ordered track listing in 2011. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown [6]

No.TitleLength
1."Part 1"19:41
2."Part 2"17:19
3."Part 3"21:46
4."Part 4"15:03
Total length:73:49

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References

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