Dance Mother

Dance Mother
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
Length42:10
LabelIAMSOUND, Cooperative (UK)
ProducerDave Sitek, Dan Hurron
Telepathe chronology
Chrome's On It EP
(2008)
Dance Mother
(2009)

Dance Mother is the debut album of the synthpop duo Telepathe. It was released on January 26, 2009 via IAMSOUND Records and Cooperative Records. The album was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio.[1]

The US releases of the album contain 3 extra tracks: So Fine (Chairlift remix), Devil's Trident (The Big Pink Specialization Reality) and Michael (Atticus Ross remix).[2]

Music videos for "So Fine" and "Chrome's On It" were produced.[3][4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(70/100)[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[7]
The Guardian[8]
NME(7/10)[9]
Pitchfork(6.7/10)[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Telepathe

No.TitleLength
1."So Fine"3:29
2."Chrome’s On It"4:12
3."Devil’s Trident"4:24
4."In Your Line"4:29
5."Lights Go Down"4:48
6."Can’t Stand It"6:12
7."Michael"4:10
8."Trilogy: Breath Of Life, Crimes And Killings, Threads And Knives"6:59
9."Drugged"3:03
Total length:48:10
Bonus tracks for US releases
No.TitleLength
14."So Fine (Chairlift remix)"5:09
15."Devil's Trident (The Big Pink Specialization Reality)"6:36
16."Michael (Atticus Ross remix)"5:30
Total length:59:27

Personnel

Credits for Dance Mother adapted from Discogs:[2]

References

  1. ^ Maher, Dave (October 30, 2008). "TVOTR, !!! Members Spice Up Debut LP From Telepathe". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Telepathe – Dance Mother". Discogs. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "Telepathe - So Fine". YouTube. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Telepathe - Chrome's On It". YouTube. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Critic Reviews for Dance Mother. Metacritic. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  6. ^ Phares, Heather. "Dance Mother – Telepathe". Allmusic. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  7. ^ Semple, John (January 23, 2009). "Telepathe - Dance Mother". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Simpson, Dave (January 30, 2009). "Telepathe: Dance Mother". London: The Guardian.
  9. ^ Pattison, Louis (January 23, 2009). "Telepathe - Dance Mother". NME. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  10. ^ Colly, Joe (April 16, 2009). "Telepathe - Dance Mother". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2012.