Tarot Sport
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| BBC | (positive)[2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10)[3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| NME | (8/10)[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10)[6] |
| Resident Advisor | [7] |
| The Skinny | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [10] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [11] |
| Toro |  [12] |
Tarot Sport is the second studio album by Fuck Buttons, produced by Andrew Weatherall. The album was released on 14 October 2009 in the UK and on 20 October in the US.[13] The album was leaked online on 14 September 2009. The songs "Surf Solar" and "Olympians" were released as singles.
Track listing
- "Surf Solar" – 10:34
- "Rough Steez" – 4:44
- "The Lisbon Maru" – 9:19
- "Olympians" – 10:54
- "Phantom Limb" – 4:49
- "Space Mountain" – 8:44
- "Flight of the Feathered Serpent" – 9:31
Critical reception
Tarot Sport was met with positive critical reviews, with Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound saying that "If it doesn't necessarily resonate with the times, it ought to resonate by dint of sheer, joyous momentum."[14] On review aggregator Metacritic, the album was awarded a score of 84 out of 100 based on 21 professional reviews.[15] With a score of 8.3, it is also an AnyDecentMusic? Chart Topper.[16]
Many publications ranked Tarot Sport on their end of year lists, including:
- 1st – Urban75
- 3rd – Gigwise
- 5th – Drowned in Sound
- 8th – Mojo
- 8th – NME
- 11th – Pitchfork Media[17]
- 11th – Resident Advisor
- 21st – Rhapsody[18]
- 30th – Q
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ BBC review
- ^ Drowned in Sound review
- ^ The Guardian review
- ^ NME review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Resident Advisor review
- ^ The Skinny review
- ^ Slant Magazine review
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
- ^ The Daily Telegraph review
- ^ Toro review
- ^ pitchfork
- ^ drownedinsound
- ^ Metacritic
- ^ http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/897/Tarot-Sport.aspx
- ^ Ewing, Tom (17 December 2009). "The Top 50 Albums of 2009". Pitchfork Media. p. 4. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ The 25 Best Albums of 2009 Referenced 31 July 2010
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