10th Avenue Freakout

10th Avenue Freakout
Studio album by
Fog
ReleasedMarch 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)
GenreIndie rock
Length58:32
LabelLex Records
Producer
  • Andrew Broder
  • Tom Herbers
Fog chronology
Ether Teeth
(2003) 		10th Avenue Freakout
(2005) 		Ditherer
(2007)

10th Avenue Freakout is the third studio album by American indie rock band Fog. It was released on Lex Records on March 22, 2005.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Billboardfavorable[3]
Cokemachineglow61/100[4]
Pitchfork6.8/10[5]
Stylus MagazineC+[6]
XLR8Rfavorable[7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 10th Avenue Freakout received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a rhythmic, up-front electronic-pop album, much less pensive and subdued than Fog's previous full-length, Ether Teeth."[2] He called it "consistently imaginative and never predictable."[2] Liz Cordingley of XLR8R said: "Volleying between forceful and quirky, the avant-garde approach of this album gets closer to the human side of jazz than any digitized hip-hop beat."[7] Ron Hart of Billboard called it "the most adventurous work in the Fog catalog yet."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Can You Believe It?"2:58
2."We're Winning"3:31
3."10th Avenue Freakout"4:38
4."The Rabbit"4:39
5."Song About a Wedding"4:15
6."Holy! Holy! Holy!"4:57
7."The Small Burn"6:15
8."Hummer"3:19
9."O Telescope"3:24
10."Goody Gumdrops"3:00
11."The Poor Fella"6:12
12."A Murder"5:11
13."The Hully Gully"6:13
Total length:58:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Fog

  • Andrew Broder – lyrics, music, production, engineering, front cover concept
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker – music, engineering
  • Mark Erickson – lyrics (2), music
  • Martin Dosh – music
  • Michael Lewis – music
  • Tim Glenn – music

Additional personnel

  • Greg Lewis – trumpet (1), horns (2)
  • Huntley Miller – processing (2, 4, 11, 13)
  • George Cartwright – saxophone (3, 4, 12, 13)
  • Adam Linz – bass guitar (3, 11, 12)
  • Jaqueline Ferrier-Ultan – cello (6, 11, 12)
  • Andrew Lafkas – bass guitar (6, 13)
  • Julie Wellman – lyrics (7), vocals (7, 8)
  • Adam Drucker – lyrics (9)
  • Tom Herbers – production, engineering
  • Ehquestionmark – sleeve artwork

References

  1. ^ a b c "10th Avenue Freakout by Fog". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Peterson, Ben. "10th Avenue Freakout - Fog". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Hart, Ron (April 21, 2005). "Fog, "10th Avenue Freakout"". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  4. ^ Betz, Chet (March 23, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  5. ^ Howe, Brian (March 20, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  6. ^ Merwin, Charles (April 15, 2005). "Fog - 10th Avenue Freakout". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Cordingley, Liz (May 10, 2005). "Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout". XLR8R. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.