''10th Avenue Freakout'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Fog. It was released on

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on March 22, 2005.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''10th Avenue Freakout'' received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ben Peterson of

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gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a rhythmic, up-front electronic-pop album, much less pensive and subdued than Fog's previous full-length, ''Ether Teeth''." He called it "consistently imaginative and never predictable." Liz Cordingley of ''

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'' said: "Volleying between forceful and quirky, the avant-garde approach of this album gets closer to the human side of jazz than any digitized hip-hop beat." Ron Hart of '' Billboard'' called it "the most adventurous work in the Fog catalog yet."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Fog * Andrew Broder – lyrics, music, production, engineering, front cover concept *

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– music, engineering * Mark Erickson – lyrics (2), music * Martin Dosh – music * Michael Lewis – music * Tim Glenn – music Additional personnel * Greg Lewis – trumpet (1), horns (2) * Huntley Miller – processing (2, 4, 11, 13) * George Cartwright – saxophone (3, 4, 12, 13) * Adam Linz – bass guitar (3, 11, 12) * Jaqueline Ferrier-Ultan – cello (6, 11, 12) * Andrew Lafkas – bass guitar (6, 13) * Julie Wellman – lyrics (7), vocals (7, 8) * Adam Drucker – lyrics (9) * Tom Herbers – production, engineering * Ehquestionmark – sleeve artwork

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 albums Lex Records albums Fog (band) albums