For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 85/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[3] |
PopMatters | [4] |
Stylus Magazine | B+[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]
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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Technical personnel