For Hero: For Fool

For Hero: For Fool
Studio album by
Subtle
ReleasedOctober 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
GenreHip hop
Length51:09
LabelLex Records
ProducerSubtle
Subtle chronology
A New White
(2004) 		For Hero: For Fool
(2006) 		Exiting Arm
(2008)
Singles from For Hero: For Fool
  1. "The Mercury Craze"
    Released: 2006 (2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork8.0/10[3]
PopMatters[4]
Stylus MagazineB+[5]

For Hero: For Fool is the second studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2006. "The Mercury Craze" was released as a single from the album.[6]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates."[2] Neal Hayes of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "the Oakland-based group presents a futuristic musical vision that is vivid, unsettling, and, above all, distinctive."[4]

OC Weekly included it on the "Album Covers of the Year" list.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Tale of Apes I"3:18
2."A Tale of Apes II"2:13
3."Middleclass Stomp"4:14
4."Middleclass Kill"4:36
5."Midas Gutz"2:37
6."Nomanisisland"4:20
7."The Mercury Craze"4:40
8."Bed to the Bills"4:50
9."Return of the Vein"4:11
10."Call to Dive"7:08
11."The Ends"8:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Subtle

  • Dax Pierson – vocals, harmonica
  • Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass, acoustic bass
  • Jordan Dalrymple – drums, guitar, synthesizer, vocals
  • Jeffrey "Jel" Logan – drum machine
  • Marty Kalani Dowers – woodwinds, synthesizer
  • Adam "Doseone" Drucker – words, vocals, treatment, artwork

Technical personnel

  • Subtle – recording
  • Tony Espinoza – mixing

References

  1. ^ a b "For Hero: For Fool by Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Marisa. "For Hero: For Fool - Subtle". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  3. ^ Dahlen, Chris (October 5, 2006). "Subtle - for hero: for fool". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Hayes, Neal (October 3, 2006). "Subtle: For Hero: For Fool". PopMatters. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Rosenberg, Tal (December 15, 2006). "Subtle - For Hero: For Fool". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "The Mercury Craze - Digital". Lex Records. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Kevin (December 28, 2006). "Album Covers Of The Year 2006". OC Weekly. Retrieved December 3, 2014.