Monkeytown

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

This article is about the album. For the record label, see Monkeytown Records.
Monkeytown
File:Modeselektor - Monkeytown.jpg
Studio album by Modeselektor
Released September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)
Length 55:46
Label Monkeytown
Modeselektor chronology
Modeselektion Vol. 01
(2010)Modeselektion Vol. 012010		 Monkeytown
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars [2]
The Guardian 3/5 stars [3]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [4]
Resident Advisor 4.5/5 stars [5]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [6]

Monkeytown is the third studio album by the German electronic band Modeselektor. It was produced "100% together in the studio and in one session over the course of ten weeks".[7]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Performer Length
1. "Blue Clouds"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor 6:02
2. "Pretentious Friends"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor/Busdriver/Pillow Talk 3:33
3. "Shipwreck"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor/Thom Yorke 6:14
4. "Evil Twin"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor/Otto von Schirach 4:01
5. "German Clap"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor 6:34
6. "Berlin"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor/Miss Platnum 4:44
7. "Grillwalker"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor 4:03
8. "Green Light Go"   Bronsert/PVT/Szary Modeselektor/PVT 4:50
9. "Humanized"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor/Anti Pop Consortium 4:23
10. "This"   Bronsert/Szary/Yorke Modeselektor/Thom Yorke 6:26
11. "War Cry"   Bronsert/Szary Modeselektor 4:56
Total length:
 55:46

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Monkeytown received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Monkeytown&oldid=706407176"