Shake the Shudder
Shake the Shudder is the seventh studio album by American dance-punk group !!!, released on May 19, 2017, on Warp Records. The band described the album as a "fancy way of saying 'shake it off and dance your cares away.'"[1]
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| Released | May 19, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Dance-punk, funktronica, alternative dance | |||
| Length | 49:25 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Patrick Ford | |||
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Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | C+[4] |
| Clash | 3/10[5] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[7] |
Shake the Shudder was met with mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 64, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews.[2] Stuart Berman of Pitchfork said that !!! "[have not] lost their flair for infusing peak-hour hysterics with sobering morning-after rumination."[7] However, in a far more critical review, Josh Gray of Clash described the album as "a terrible party bag: previous experience suggests that it should be full to the brim with party-poppers, balloons and dangerously sugary sweets but, in reality, all it contains is a few loose crayons and a small bar of vegan chocolate."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The One 2" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "DITBR (Interlude)" | 0:48 |
| 3. | "Dancing Is the Best Revenge" | 4:41 |
| 4. | "NRGQ" | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Throw Yourself in the River" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "What R U Up 2Day?" | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Five Companies" | 3:59 |
| 8. | "Throttle Service" | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Imaginary Interviews" | 4:47 |
| 10. | "Our Love (U Can Get)" | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Things Get Hard" | 3:29 |
| 12. | "R Rated Pictures" | 5:19 |
| Total length: | 49:25 | |
References
- Fu, Eddie (March 22, 2017). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) announce new album, Shake the Shudder, share video for "The One 2" — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- "Reviews and Tracks for Shake the Shudder by !!!". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- Sendra, Tim. "Shake the Shudder - !!!". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- McLevy, Alex (May 19, 2017). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) tries to Shake The Shudder to no real purpose". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- Gray, Josh (May 24, 2017). "!!! - Shake The Shudder". Clash. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- Gormely, Ian (May 19, 2017). "!!! Shake The Shudder". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- Berman, Stuart (May 24, 2017). "!!!: Shake the Shudder Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2017.