''Body Faucet'' is the debut studio album by

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, released on May 1, 2012.

Critical reception

''Body Faucet'' received mixed reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an aggregated score of 51/100, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 12 reviews. In a positive review, Chrysta Cherrie of

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wrote that "Reptar aren't just fluffy fun; beneath their shimmering synths and hard-driving beats are stories of identity and relationships, forming connections not only on the dancefloor but in the heart." Alex Young at

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felt that the band's live performances were not captured with the same energy on the album: "While ''Body Faucet'' should be a warm and joyous album, it’s rather dry and airless instead." "''Body Faucet'' laudably disrespectful hijack of the last decade’s most revered sounds (think

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if they weren't so pleased with themselves) is both sublime and ridiculous – often at the same time," wrote Edward Thomas of ''

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'' gave the record one star, opining that, "It's not so much that the songs lack shape, it's that this suggests Reptar lack conviction – every song borrows from something else, something vaguely similar but different enough to make this an incoherent mess, albeit one with oddball pretensions." Ian Cohen of

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panned the album, deriding the band as "accessible to way more information than they can fully process, desperate for attention, and prone to the most public of embarrassments." Ryan Reed of ''Paste'' felt it better than the group's debut EP: "''Body Faucet'' is an improvement over ''Oblangle'' in nearly every respect, but it’s definitely not as surprising as that lovely little EP ..That being said, what they lose in unpredictability they gain in consistency and muscle." of

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felt the opposite: "Although ''Body Faucet'' is certainly entertaining throughout, it isn’t hard to imagine that the band spent more time naming the record and some of its songs ..than attempting to perfect the many pop hooks found on the group’s 2011 debut EP, ''Oblangle Fizz Y’all'', which, even after several listens of ''Body Faucet'', will stand up as the stronger release."

Track listing

Personnel

;Reptar *Ryan Engelberger *William Kennedy *Andrew McFarland *Graham Ulicny ;Additional musicians *Damian Dominguez – Saxophone *Joe Gransden – Trumpet *Kevin Lyons – Trombone *James Pannell – Trombone *Will Scruggs – Saxophone *Josh Spilliards – Tuba *Andrew Zimdars – Trumpet *Caroline Bozeman – Backing vocals *Sabra Cordery – Backing vocals *Sarah Dodge – Backing vocals *Katherine Kennedy – Backing vocals *Catherine Quesenberry – Backing vocals *Jess Smith – Backing vocals *Elizabeth Turner – Backing vocals

In popular culture

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References

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