Spokes (album)

Spokes
Studio album by
Plaid
Released20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)[1]
GenreIDM, electronic, techno
Length58:43
LabelWarp
ProducerPlaid
Plaid chronology
Double Figure
(2001) 		Spokes
(2003) 		Greedy Baby
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork6.2/10[4]
Playlouder[5]
Stylus MagazineC[6]

Spokes is the fifth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on Warp in 2003.

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 72% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.2 out of 10, saying: "A consistent mood is carried through most of these ten tracks, and it can be characterized with words familiar to people who listen to a lot of IDM: reflective and mysterious, with an occasional tension verging on paranoia."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Even Spring"5:24
2."Crumax Rins"6:00
3."Upona"5:07
4."Zeal"6:01
5."Cedar City"5:47
6."B Born Droid"5:31
7."Marry"6:47
8."Get What You Gave"5:16
9."Buns"6:40
10."Quick Emix"6:10
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Miamivice"3:51

References

  1. ^ "Spokes". Warp. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Spokes by Plaid". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Spokes - Plaid". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Richardson, Mark (14 November 2003). "Plaid: Spokes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ Joliet, Ian (22 October 2003). "Spokes". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 19 June 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ^ Southall, Nick (31 October 2003). "Plaid - Spokes". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2018.