Faking the Books is the third studio album by German electronic music band Lali Puna. It was released on 5 April 2004 by Morr Music.[5]

Faking the Books
Studio album by
Released5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)
RecordedJune – November 2003
Studio
Genre
Length38:30
LabelMorr
ProducerMario Thaler
Lali Puna chronology
Scary World Theory
(2001)
Faking the Books
(2004)
Our Inventions
(2010)
Singles from Faking the Books
  1. "Left Handed"
    Released: 2 June 2003[3]
  2. "Micronomic"
    Released: 13 July 2004[4]

Faking the Books peaked at number 23 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [8]
Alternative Press5/5[9]
Pitchfork7.5/10[10]
Q     [11]
SpinB+[2]
Stylus Magazine7/10[12]
Uncut     [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Faking the Books received an average score of 83 based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Faking the Books was ranked at number five on Exclaim!'s "Electronic – Year in Review 2004" list.[1]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Valerie Trebeljahr, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Faking the Books" (lyrics by Trebeljahr and Markus Acher)Acher4:00
2."Call 1-800-Fear"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
3:24
3."Micronomic"Trebeljahr3:23
4."Small Things"Trebeljahr3:40
5."B-Movie"Trebeljahr3:13
6."People I Know"Acher3:05
7."Grin and Bear"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
4:41
8."Geography-5"Trebeljahr2:27
9."Left Handed"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Max Punktezahl
3:44
10."Alienation"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
4:01
11."Crawling by Numbers"Trebeljahr2:52
Total length:38:30

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]

Lali Puna

  • Valerie Trebeljahr
  • Markus Acher
  • Christoph Brandner
  • Christian Heiß

Additional musicians

  • Sebastian Hess – cello on "Crawling by Numbers"
  • Osamu Nambu – violin on "Alienation"
  • Max Punktezahl – guitar on "Left Handed"

Production

Design

  • Jan Kruse – cover artwork
  • John-Patrick Morarescu – photography

Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 82
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 42
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[6] 23

References

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  1. ^ a b "Electronic – Year in Review 2004". Exclaim!. 30 November 2004. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Preissel, Jenn (16 April 2004). "Meeting People is Breezy". Spin. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Lali Puna: Left Handed". Morr Music. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Lali Puna: Micronomic". Morr Music. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Lali Puna: Faking The Books". Morr Music. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Lali Puna Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Faking The Books by Lali Puna Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  8. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Faking the Books – Lali Puna". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Lali Puna: Faking the Books". Alternative Press. No. 190. May 2004. p. 110.
  10. ^ Sylvester, Nick (25 April 2004). "Lali Puna: Faking the Books". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Lali Puna: Faking the Books". Q. No. 214. May 2004. p. 104.
  12. ^ Miller, Derek (16 June 2004). "Lali Puna – Faking the Books". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Lali Puna – Faking The Books". Uncut. No. 84. May 2004. p. 99. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  14. ^ Faking the Books (liner notes). Lali Puna. Morr Music. 2004. 044 MM.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Lali Puna – Faking the Books" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Alternatieve Albums" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. 8 May 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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