Walls (Apparat album)
Walls is a studio album by Apparat. It was released on Shitkatapult in 2007.
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| Released | 7 August 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 59:53 | |||
| Label | Shitkatapult | |||
| Producer | Sascha Ring | |||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| eMusic | [2] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10[3] |
| PopMatters | [4] |
| Resident Advisor | 3/5[5] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |   [6] |
Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that it is "a remarkable album that ranks as his best yet."[1] Nitsuh Abebe of Pitchfork, who gave the album an 8.1 out of 10, compared the album to the work of M83 and Slowdive, calling it "one of the best electronic dream-pop records in a while".[3] He added, "The best of these tracks combine the mechanized pulse and sonic possibilities of techno with good old bliss-out dreams better than anything in a while."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sascha Ring, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Not a Number" | 3:59 | |
| 2. | "Hailin from the Edge" |
| 3:39 |
| 3. | "Useless Information" | 4:04 | |
| 4. | "Limelight" | 4:12 | |
| 5. | "Holdon" |
| 4:10 |
| 6. | "Fractales, Pt. 1" | 3:34 | |
| 7. | "Fractales, Pt. 2" | 2:06 | |
| 8. | "Birds" | 5:03 | |
| 9. | "Arcadia" | 5:10 | |
| 10. | "You Don't Know Me" | 4:24 | |
| 11. | "Headup" |
| 5:06 |
| 12. | "Over and Over" |
| 5:07 |
| 13. | "Like Porcelain" | 9:19 | |
| Total length: | 59:53 | ||
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Sascha Ring – vocals (8, 9), production
- Kathrin Pfänder – strings
- Lisa Stepf – strings
- Raz Ohara – vocals (2, 5, 11, 12)[3]
- Simon Berz – drums (9)
- Jörg Wähner – drums (11, 12)
- Joshua Eustis – mixing
- Roger Seibel – mastering
- Maria Hinze – painting
- Ivan Negro – Apparat logo
References
- Raggett, Ned. "Apparat - Walls". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- eMusic review
- Abebe, Nitsuh (7 August 2007). "Apparat: Walls". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- Schiller, Mike (August 1, 2007). "Apparat - Walls". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- Mann, Chris (May 28, 2007). "Apparat - Walls". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- Foster, Split. "Apparat - Walls". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "Ultratop.be – Apparat – Walls" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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