For Hero: For Fool
| For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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| Studio album by Subtle | ||||
| Released | October 3, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 51:09 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
| Producer | Subtle | |||
| Subtle chronology | ||||
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| Singles from For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.0/10[3] |
| PopMatters | [4] |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[5] |
For Hero: For Fool is the second album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2006.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, For Hero: For Fool 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, calling it "a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates."[2]
It was chosen by OC Weekly as one of their "Album Covers of the Year".[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- 1 2 "For Hero: For Fool - Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- 1 2 Brown, Marisa. "For Hero: For Fool - Subtle". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Dahlen, Chris (October 5, 2006). "Subtle - for hero: for fool". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Hayes, Neal (October 3, 2006). "Subtle: For Hero: For Fool". PopMatters. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Tal (December 15, 2006). "Subtle - For Hero: For Fool". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Ferguson, Kevin (December 28, 2006). "Album Covers Of The Year 2006". OC Weekly. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
External links
- For Hero: For Fool at Discogs (list of releases)
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