| Fist of God | ||||
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| Studio album by MSTRKRFT | ||||
| Released | March 17, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Electro house | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
| Label | Dim Mak / Downtown | |||
| Producer | MSTRKRFT | |||
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Fist of God is the second album by MSTRKRFT, released on March 17, 2009 by Dim Mak Records and Downtown Records.
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Rockfeedback | [2] |
| Billboard | (positive)[3] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Clash | (7/10)[5] |
| NME | (8/10)[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.0/10)[7] |
| PopMatters | (3/10)[8] |
| Spin | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
Initial critical response to Fist of God was very average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 57, based on 18 reviews.[11] Jesse F. Keeler told ClashMusic.com that he expected the mixed reception.
I expect a lot of people to not like the record, but I expect a lot more people to like the record now that we’ve reached a way bigger audience making it. It might sound like a calculated business move, but it was mainly a musical thing. We kinda knew what the reaction’d be, and we even told a lot of the kids on the message boards: ‘Well, a lot of you are gonna hate it’. It’s difficult, too, you know, because a lot of people have just discovered us, and they’re going to go on this record initially; but we didn’t want to make a record that was too ‘now’. We could have got a lot of the rappers - like The Cool Kids, Spank Rock and Kid Sister - but we tried to choose things and people that were more timeless. And, anyway, I love bad reviews, they’re my favourite things.[12]
All songs written by Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P.