10th Avenue Freakout
2005 studio album by Fog
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10th Avenue Freakout is the third studio album by American indie rock band Fog. It was released on Lex Records on March 22, 2005.[1]
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| Released | March 22, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 58:32 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Billboard | favorable[3] |
| Cokemachineglow | 61/100[4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[5] |
| Stylus Magazine | C+[6] |
| XLR8R | favorable[7] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 10th Avenue Freakout received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a rhythmic, up-front electronic-pop album, much less pensive and subdued than Fog's previous full-length, Ether Teeth."[2] He called it "consistently imaginative and never predictable."[2] Liz Cordingley of XLR8R said: "Volleying between forceful and quirky, the avant-garde approach of this album gets closer to the human side of jazz than any digitized hip-hop beat."[7] Ron Hart of Billboard called it "the most adventurous work in the Fog catalog yet."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Can You Believe It?" | 2:58 |
| 2. | "We're Winning" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "10th Avenue Freakout" | 4:38 |
| 4. | "The Rabbit" | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Song About a Wedding" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Holy! Holy! Holy!" | 4:57 |
| 7. | "The Small Burn" | 6:15 |
| 8. | "Hummer" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "O Telescope" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Goody Gumdrops" | 3:00 |
| 11. | "The Poor Fella" | 6:12 |
| 12. | "A Murder" | 5:11 |
| 13. | "The Hully Gully" | 6:13 |
| Total length: | 58:32 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Andrew Broder â lyrics, music, production, engineering, front cover concept
- Jeremy Ylvisaker â music, engineering
- Mark Erickson â lyrics (2), music
- Martin Dosh â music
- Michael Lewis â music
- Tim Glenn â music
Additional personnel
- Greg Lewis â trumpet (1), horns (2)
- Huntley Miller â processing (2, 4, 11, 13)
- George Cartwright â saxophone (3, 4, 12, 13)
- Adam Linz â bass guitar (3, 11, 12)
- Jaqueline Ferrier-Ultan â cello (6, 11, 12)
- Andrew Lafkas â bass guitar (6, 13)
- Julie Wellman â lyrics (7), vocals (7, 8)
- Adam Drucker â lyrics (9)
- Tom Herbers â production, engineering
- Ehquestionmark â sleeve artwork