Exiting Arm

Exiting Arm
Studio album by
Subtle
ReleasedMay 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
GenreHip hop
Length46:01
LabelLex Records
ProducerSubtle
Subtle chronology
For Hero: For Fool
(2006) 		Exiting Arm
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
Pitchfork8.3/10[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
The Skinny[7]
Spin7/10[8]
The Stranger[9]

Exiting Arm (stylized as ExitingARM) is the third studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle.[10] It was released on Lex Records in 2008.[6] It is "the latest chapter in the story of Hour Hero Yes, the middle-class rapper whose rise and struggles are chronicled told on 2004's A New White and 2006's For Hero: For Fool."[5]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Christopher Bahn of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B, writing, "Musically, ExitingARM is just as layered, blenderizing beats, sampled electronic noise, and Doseone's easygoing, flowing words into a package that's sometimes electrifying and sometimes confounding."[3] Eric Grandy of The Stranger said, "Throughout ExitingARM, frontman Doseone remains an inscrutable MC, quick-tongued and verbose, and an unassuming but surprisingly fluid singer, whispering melodies in multitracked reverb to contrast his sharper falsetto raps."[9]

Pitchfork included it on the "Overlooked Records 2008" list.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Exiting Arm"3:50
2."Day Dangerous"5:20
3."The No"3:19
4."Sick Soft Perfection"3:09
5."Hollow Hollered"6:04
6."The Crow"4:02
7."Unlikely Rock Shock"3:11
8."Take to Take"2:55
9."Gonebones"3:33
10."Wanted Found"5:56
11."Providence"4:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Subtle

  • Dax Pierson – vocals, Ableton Live (synthesizer, programming)
  • Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass, acoustic bass
  • Jordan Dalrymple – drums, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, programming
  • Jeffrey "Jel" Logan – drum machine, drum programming
  • Marty Kalani Dowers – woodwinds, synthesizer
  • Adam "Doseone" Drucker – words, vocals, synthesizer, programming, artwork

Technical personnel

  • Subtle – recording
  • Jay Pellicci – mixing
  • Mike Wells – mastering

References

  1. ^ a b "Exiting Arm by Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Brown, Marisa. "ExitingARM - Subtle". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bahn, Christopher (May 19, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Billy (May 14, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Dahlen, Chris (May 15, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Fairall, Jer (July 27, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". PopMatters. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  7. ^ Brown, Ally (April 25, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". The Skinny. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  8. ^ Reeves, Mosi (May 13, 2008). "Subtle, 'ExitingARM' (Lex)". Spin. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Grandy, Eric (May 8, 2008). "Album Review". The Stranger. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  10. ^ Diver, Mike (June 13, 2008). "Subtle: overcoming odds in pursuit of silver linings". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  11. ^ "Overlooked Records 2008". Pitchfork. July 21, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2018.