One Word Extinguisher
Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". One Word Extinguisher is the second studio album by American electronic music producer Prefuse 73.[1] It was released on Warp on May 6, 2003.[2] It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[3]
One Word Extinguisher is described as a "breakup album," and represents musical styles spanning multiple genres.[4]
Critical reception and legacy
Template:Music ratings At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, One Word Extinguisher received an average score of 86 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]
John Bush of AllMusic called the album "a set of electronica that's nearly as challenging as Autechre's relentlessly academic beat manipulation but just as funky and instantly gratifying as a Fatboy Slim flag-waver."[2] David Morris of PopMatters described it as "meticulously constructed and flawlessly engineered music".[1] Uncut praised the album as a "marvel of hip hop knowledge and glitch science".[6]
In 2017, Pitchfork placed One Word Extinguisher at number 15 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Staff writer Seth Colter Walls wrote: "One Word Extinguisher’s furious pace, and its range of genre references, keeps it from ever becoming boring. This heedless churning of ideas also works as a sonic analogue for a mind in crisis."[4]
Track listing
Charts
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References
External links
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