In Advance of the Broken Arm (album)
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| In Advance of the Broken Arm | ||||
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| Released | February 20, 2007 | |||
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| Label | Kill Rock Stars | |||
| Producer | Zach Hill | |||
| Marnie Stern chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[3] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[4] |
| Stylus Magazine | A−[5] |
In Advance of the Broken Arm is the debut album by Marnie Stern, released in 2007. Kill Rock Stars handled the CD release, and the vinyl with a shorter track listing came out on Rampage Records. The title comes from a work of art of the same title by artist Marcel Duchamp.
Legacy
Arm has garnered admiration in the years since its release. As part of an essay series for Drowned in Sound's 10th anniversary, contributing writer Alexander Tudor wrote glowingly of the album in 2010. He called it "sad & brave & emotionally generous" due to Stern "weav[ing]... her narrative of personal struggle against the odds, and her own mantras of self-affirmation" into it.[8] In 2017, MTV News' Hazel Cills celebrated Arm's 10th anniversary. She praised the musicianship of Stern and drummer Zach Hill as "sound[ing] like nothing else in American indie rock" at the time.[7] About.com placed Arm on their list of the math rock genre's best records.[6]
