Supreme Balloon
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| Supreme Balloon | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 6, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 49:16 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
| Matmos chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | C+[3] |
| The Boston Phoenix | [4] |
| Mojo | [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[7] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[8] |
| The Skinny | [9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [10] |
| Under the Radar | 8/10[11] |
Supreme Balloon is a 2008 studio album by American electronic music duo Matmos, released via Matador Records.
On the album, Matmos skipped sampling antics in favor of a lighthearted "cosmic pop" record made entirely out of synthesizers. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily spotlight the classic 1960s/1970s/1980s consumer electronic rigs of Arp, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog.[12]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Supreme Balloon received an average score of 78% based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Mark Pytlik of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, calling it "a woozily beautiful-sounding record, as crystalline, gleaming, and full-bodied as vintage Terry Riley."[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainbow Flag" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Polychords" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Mister Mouth" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Exciter Lamp and the Variable Band" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Les Folies Francaises" | 2:24 |
| 6. | "Supreme Balloon" | 24:08 |
| 7. | "Cloudhoppers" | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Orban" (preceded by 10 minutes of silence) | 5:15 |
| 9. | Untitled (silence) | 0:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainbow Flag" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Polychords" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Mister Mouth" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Exciter Lamp and the Variable Band" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Zemoi" | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Orban" | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Les Folies Francaises" | 2:24 |
| 8. | "Cloudhoppers" | 2:58 |
| 9. | "Hashish Master" | 7:50 |
| 10. | "Staircase" | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Supreme Balloon" | 24:08 |
