Breakthrough (The Gaslamp Killer album)

Breakthrough
Studio album by The Gaslamp Killer
Released September 17, 2012
Genre Alternative hip hop, electronic
Length 47:25
Label Brainfeeder
Producer The Gaslamp Killer
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100 (18 Critics)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Drowned in Sound 7/10[2]
Consequence of Sound [3]
The Guardian [4]
NME 6/10[5]
Allmusic [6]
Dusted Magazine mixed[7]
This Is Fake DIY 8/10[8]
Pitchfork 7.7/10[9]
Exclaim! positive[10]

Breakthrough is the first studio album from American underground hip hop DJ The Gaslamp Killer. It was released on Brainfeeder in September 2012. The album features guest appearances from Daedelus, Gonjasufi, Samiyam, among others.[11]

Background and recording

While The Gaslamp Killer's earlier work was characterized by a heavy use of samples, on Breakthrough he chose to work with musicians to recreate the "vibe" of particular tracks.[12] Comparing his method to the way that Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones used blues music, he said, "I'm just trying to get ideas from world music, different rock 'n' roll records, library records, psychedelic shit, jazz – getting ideas from other records and trying to recreate them with musicians."[12]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Breakthrough"   2:15
2. "Veins" (featuring Gonjasufi) 1:45
3. "Holy Mt. Washington" (featuring Computer Jay) 2:27
4. "Father"   1:13
5. "Critic" (featuring Mophono) 2:20
6. "Dead Vets" (featuring Adrian Younge) 2:25
7. "Flange Face" (featuring Miguel Atwood-Ferguson) 3:39
8. "Fuck"   1:11
9. "Apparitions" (featuring Gonjasufi) 2:51
10. "Impulse" (featuring Daedelus) 3:33
11. "Peasants, Cripples & Retards" (featuring Samiyam) 2:15
12. "Meat Guilt" (featuring R.S.I) 1:50
13. "Mother"   2:59
14. "Nissim" (featuring Amir Yaghmai) 4:31
15. "Keep It Simple Stupid" (featuring Shigeto) 1:46
16. "Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun" (featuring Dimlite) 3:52
17. "In the Dark..."   6:23

References

  1. ↑ "Album Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  2. ↑ Moore, Marcus J. (September 11, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough". Drowned in Sound.
  3. ↑ Staples, Derek (September 12, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough". Consequence of Sound.
  4. ↑ MacInnes, Paul (September 13, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Cardew, Ben (September 14, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer - 'Breakthrough'". NME.
  6. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Breakthrough - The Gaslamp Killer". Allmusic.
  7. ↑ Donnelly, Ben (September 17, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough". Dusted Magazine.
  8. ↑ Kosta, Lucas (September 17, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer Album". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  9. ↑ Patrin, Nate (September 19, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ Ranta, Alan (September 24, 2012). "The Gaslamp Killer Breakthrough". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Lanier, April (September 10, 2012). "Okayfuture Audio: Gaslamp Killer’s Breakthrough Debut". Okayplayer.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hadfield, James. "The Gaslamp Killer: the interview". Time Out Tokyo. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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