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]

10th Avenue Freakout
Studio album by
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)

Critical reception

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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