Rips (album)

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Rips
Studio album by
Ex Hex
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
RecordedApril 2014
Genre
Length35:09
LabelMerge
Producer
  • Ex Hex
  • Jonah Takagi
Ex Hex chronology
Rips
(2014) 		It's Real
(2019)

Rips is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Ex Hex. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Merge Records.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[4]
Metacritic84/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A−[7]
Exclaim!9/10[8]
Financial Times[9]
The Guardian[1]
Mojo[10]
NME9/10[3]
Pitchfork8.4/10[2]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Rips holds a score of 84 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[5] Pitchfork writer Aaron Leitko gave Rips a "Best New Music" designation and remarked that the album "mostly finds the band walking away from Timony's established voice and pushing toward something more direct and energetic—embracing the past, but also blowing things up and starting again."[2] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that Rips "mixes simple pleasures and complicated ones into a completely life-affirming debut",[6] while Laura Snapes of NME called the album "a reminder of rock’s glorious communal potential".[3]

NME named Rips the tenth best album of 2014.[13] It also placed at number 11 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end critics' poll.[14]

Year-end lists[edit]

Year Publication Work List Rank Ref.
2014 Pitchfork Rips The 50 Best Albums of 2014
26
[15]
"Don't Wanna Lose" The 100 Best Tracks of 2014
22
[16]
The Village Voice Rips Pazz + Jop: The Top 50 Albums of 2014
11
[17]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Mary Timony, except "How You Got That Girl" and "Radio On", written by Betsy Wright

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Wanna Lose"2:27
2."Beast"3:14
3."Waste Your Time"2:47
4."You Fell Apart"2:45
5."How You Got That Girl"3:06
6."Waterfall"2:05
7."Hot and Cold"2:35
8."Radio On"2:41
9."New Kid"2:57
10."War Paint"3:57
11."Everywhere"3:18
12."Outro"3:17
Total length:35:09

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[18] 170
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[19] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] 46

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Hughes, Tom (October 9, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips review – majestic power-pop on the air-guitar album of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Leitko, Aaron (October 10, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Snapes, Laura (October 13, 2014). "Ex Hex – 'Rips'". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "Rips by Ex Hex reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Reviews for Rips by Ex Hex". Metacritic. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Rips – Ex Hex". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 20, 2015). "Robert Christgau: Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  8. ^ Lindsay, Cam (October 3, 2014). "Ex Hex: Ex Hex Rips". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  9. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (October 11, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips – review". Financial Times. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ex Hex: Rips". Mojo (252): 102. November 2014.
  11. ^ Machado, Jessica (October 7, 2014). "Rips". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  12. ^ "Ex Hex: Rips". Uncut (210): 73. November 2014.
  13. ^ "NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014". NME. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  14. ^ "Pazz+Jop 2014". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  15. ^ Pitchfork (December 17, 2014). "The 50 Best Albums of 2014". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Pitchfork. "The 100 Best Tracks of 2014 - Page 8". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  17. ^ Village Voice (January 12, 2015). "Pazz + Jop: The Top 50 Albums of 2014". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  18. ^ "Ex Hex Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  19. ^ "Ex Hex Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  20. ^ "Ex Hex Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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