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One Word Extinguisher

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...

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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 BillboardIndependent Albums chart.[3]

One Word Extinguisher is described as a "breakup album," and represents musical styles spanning multiple genres.[4]

Critical reception and legacy

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".[14]

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

References

  1. 12Morris, David (July 16, 2003). "Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". PopMatters. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  2. 123Bush, John. "One Word Extinguisher – Prefuse 73". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  3. 12"Prefuse 73 Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. 12"The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. January 24, 2017. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  5. 12"Reviews for One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  6. ↑"Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". Alternative Press (179): 110. June 2003.
  7. ↑Phelan, Laurence (May 4, 2003). "Sharp hooks, spliced rhymes". The Independent.
  8. ↑"Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". Mojo (115): 113. June 2003.
  9. ↑Hoffman, Jascha (May 7, 2003). "Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  10. ↑"Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". Q (203): 104. June 2003.
  11. ↑Hermes, Will (August 2003). "Four Tet: Rounds / Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher". Spin. 19 (8): 118. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  12. ↑Mueller, Gavin (September 1, 2003). "Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  13. ↑Jean-Pierre. "Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  14. 12"Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher". Uncut (73): 98. June 2003. Archived from the original on April 25, 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  • One Word Extinguisher at Discogs (list of releases)