Abandoned Language

Abandoned Language
Studio album by dälek
Released	February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)[1]
Genre	Experimental hip hop, industrial hip hop
Length	62:00
Label	Ipecac (IPC-084)
Producer	MC Dälek, Oktopus, Joshua Booth
Dälek chronology
Absence (2005) Abandoned Language (2007) Gutter Tactics (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 (13 reviews)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Lost At Sea	(9.9/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media	(7.7/10)[4]
PopMatters	[7]
Stylus	A[6]
Under the Radar	very favorable[2]

Abandoned Language is an album by dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2007.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dälek

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Abandoned Language"	10:13
2.	"Bricks Crumble"	3:36
3.	"Paragraphs Relentless"	5:33
4.	"Content to Play Villain"	5:20
5.	"Lynch"	5:25
6.	"Stagnant Waters"	4:24
7.	"Starved for Truth"	4:35
8.	"Isolated Stare"	6:15
9.	"Corrupt (Knuckle Up)"	4:04
10.	"Tarnished"	6:45
11.	"(Subversive Script)"	6:33
12.	"What I Knew Then" (feat. ODDATEEE, Japanese bonus track)	5:32

Personnel

• MC Dälek – lead vocals, lyrics, production
• Oktopus – recording, mixing, production
• Joshua Booth – guitars, recording, mixing, engineering, production
• Alan Douches – mastering
• Jean Cook, Pat Muchmore – brass, strings
• Motiv – turntables (1, 2, 4–9, 11)
• Rob Swift – turntables (3, 10)
• Big 'G', Big Moe, Dev-One, Komplx, Mahewel, Marz-Z, Morican, Oddateee, Subtitle – backing vocals

References

1. "Discography". Ipecac Recordings. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
2. "metacritic". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
3. Allmusic review
4. "Pitchforkmedia, Abandoned Language". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
5. "Las Magazine, Dalek Abandoned Language". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
6. "Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
7. "Pop Matters, Dälek: Abandoned Language". Retrieved 25 March 2015.