Mexico (GusGus album)
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| The Guardian | [3] |
| Drowned In Sound |   [4] |
| PopMatters | [5] |
Mexico is the ninth studio album by the Icelandic electronic musicians GusGus, released on Kompakt label,[6] following successful album Arabian Horse. It contains nine tracks, one of which is instrumental. After several line-up changes, Mexico was produced by Stephan Stephensen (aka President Bongo) and Birgir Þórarinsson (aka Biggi Veira). Högni Egilsson of Hjaltalín, Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson and Urður Hákonardóttir made appearance as vocalists for this LP.
The album title Mexico is a metaphor of "going west", as humans always tend to go in a westerly direction.[citation needed] Daníel, who came up with this idea as a name for an album, felt very strongly it. Högni lately explained that "sometimes the things that stand out lay behind meaning and intellectuality" and that "It’s not necessarily something that we can describe in any way."[7]
Track listing
All songs written by GusGus.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Obnoxiously Sexual" | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Another Life" | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Sustain" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Crossfade" | 5:32 |
| 5. | "Airwaves" | 5:53 |
| 6. | "God Application" | 6:26 |
| 7. | "Not The First Time" | 5:53 |
| 8. | "Mexico" | 6:37 |
| 9. | "This Is What You Get When You Mess With Love" | 3:21 |
Chart positions
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[8] | 111 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] | 100 |
| Germany Albums Chart[8] | 62 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[8] | 82 |
References
- ^ "Allmusic review".
- ^ "MusicOMH review".
- ^ "The Guardian review".
- ^ "Drowned In Sound review".
- ^ "PopMatters review".
- ^ "GusGus - Mexico". Kompakt. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Icelanders GusGus on calling their new album Mexico: "It's a metaphor for going out west."". Beatport. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d "GusGus - Mexico" (in Dutch). Ultratop (BL). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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