Rips (album)
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| Rips | ||||
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| Released | October 7, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | April 2014 | |||
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| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
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Rips is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Ex Hex. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Merge Records.
Year-end lists
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.1/10[4] |
| Metacritic | 84/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Cuepoint (Expert Witness) | A−[7] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[8] |
| Financial Times | [9] |
| The Guardian | [1] |
| Mojo | [10] |
| NME | 9/10[3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [11] |
| Uncut | 8/10[12] |
Rips holds a score of 84 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[5] Pitchfork writer Aaron Leitko gave Rips a "Best New Music" designation and remarked that the album "mostly finds the band walking away from Timony's established voice and pushing toward something more direct and energetic—embracing the past, but also blowing things up and starting again."[2] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that Rips "mixes simple pleasures and complicated ones into a completely life-affirming debut",[6] while Laura Snapes of NME called the album "a reminder of rock’s glorious communal potential".[3]
NME named Rips the tenth best album of 2014.[13] It also placed at number 11 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end critics' poll.[14]
| Year | Publication | Work | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Pitchfork | Rips | The 50 Best Albums of 2014 | 26 |
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| "Don't Wanna Lose" | The 100 Best Tracks of 2014 | 22 |
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| The Village Voice | Rips | Pazz + Jop: The Top 50 Albums of 2014 | 11 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mary Timony, except "How You Got That Girl" and "Radio On", written by Betsy Wright.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Wanna Lose" | 2:27 |
| 2. | "Beast" | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Waste Your Time" | 2:47 |
| 4. | "You Fell Apart" | 2:45 |
| 5. | "How You Got That Girl" | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Waterfall" | 2:05 |
| 7. | "Hot and Cold" | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Radio On" | 2:41 |
| 9. | "New Kid" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "War Paint" | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Everywhere" | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Outro" | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 35:09 | |
