Skelethon
| Skelethon | ||||
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| Studio album by Aesop Rock | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011-2012 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 55:10 | |||
| Label | Rhymesayers Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Aesop Rock (also exec.), Joey Raia,[1] Michael Nazario[2] (mixing) | |||
| Aesop Rock chronology | ||||
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Skelethon is the sixth studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock,[3] released on July 10, 2012 through Rhymesayers Entertainment.
"Zero Dark Thirty" was released as the first single on April 11, with a corresponding video released on May 2. "ZZZ Top" was released as the second single on June 29 with a video released on the same day. The music video features the martial arts master Patti Li.[4]
A series of short videos featuring Aesop Rock taking his dead cat named Whiskers for a walk through San Francisco and fending off the Grim Reaper have been released. At the end of each video, samples of songs from the album are heard. Additionally, a series of promotional interviews have been released, featuring Aesop Rock playing with a cat in a field and talking about different tracks on the album. The album's cover was made by the Spanish artist Aryz and the skeletal cat choreography was done by Tyree Johnson .
The album peaked at #3 at Amazon's Pop Rap album charts on July 10, 2012.[5]
The album debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 with 14,000 copies sold in its first week.[6][7]
It has sold over 20,000 copies as of July 29, 2012.[8]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Consequence of Sound | [10] |
| LATimes |  [11] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10)[12] |
Track listing[13]
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Leisureforce (feat. Allyson Baker, Hanni El Khatib)" | 4:43 | |
| 2. | "ZZZ Top (feat. Allyson Baker)" | 4:15 | |
| 3. | "Cycles to Gehenna" | 4:00 | |
| 4. | "Zero Dark Thirty (feat. Rob Sonic)" | 3:21 | |
| 5. | "Fryerstarter" | 3:28 | |
| 6. | "Ruby '81" | 2:33 | |
| 7. | "Crows 1 (feat. Kimya Dawson)" | 4:19 | |
| 8. | "Crows 2 (feat. Rob Sonic)" | 2:30 | |
| 9. | "Racing Stripes (feat. Kimya Dawson)" | 3:23 | |
| 10. | "1,000 O'Clock" | 3:58 | |
| 11. | "Homemade Mummy (feat. Rob Sonic)" | 2:46 | |
| 12. | "Grace (feat. Hanni El Khatib)" | 3:38 | |
| 13. | "Saturn Missiles" | 3:37 | |
| 14. | "Tetra" | 4:41 | |
| 15. | "Gopher Guts" | 3:58 | |
Total length: |
55:10 | ||
| Deluxe[14] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 16. | "Dokken Rules" (feat. Rob Sonic) | 3:59 | ||||||||
| 17. | "BMX" (feat. Rob Sonic & Blueprint) | 3:34 | ||||||||
Total length: |
7:33 | |||||||||
References
- ↑ http://joeyraia.com/site/aesop-rock-skelethon/
- ↑ http://mikenaz.com/site/Discography.html
- ↑ Aesop Rock Preps New LP, Skelethon - Pitchfork
- ↑ ZZZ Top on MTV Hive
- ↑ Amazon.com Top Pop Rap Albums - 7/10/2012
- ↑ http://www.sohh.com/2012/07/frank_ocean_channels_above_the_competiti.html
- ↑ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20457/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-7-15-2012
- ↑ http://keepittrill.com/online/2012/08/hip-hop-album-sales-numbers-july-29-2012-8ball-debut/
- ↑ Review: Skelethon. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
- ↑ review
- ↑ Skelethon album review. LA Times. Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
- ↑ Review: Skeleton Aesop Rock album. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2012-07-10.
- ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skelethon-Explicit/dp/B008EVD3CE/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1341060997&sr=1-2-catcorr
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Skelethon-Version-Explicit-digital-booklet/dp/B008EPIBZ4/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341644241&sr=301-2
- ↑ "Aesop Rock Reveals 'Skelethon' Details". prefix.
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