''Body Riddle'' is the third studio album by English
electronic musician
Chris Clark and the first one under the mononym Clark. It was released on 2 October 2006 by
Warp
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The music video for the song "Ted" was selected by ''
Pitchfork'' as one of the top music videos of 2007. "Vengeance Drools" was later used in the 2009 short film ''
Cut'', promoting the charitable organisation
Women's Aid
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. "Ted" was used as the theme song to the 2022
Channel 4 comedy series ''I Hate You''.
Critical reception
Ryan Dombal of ''
Pitchfork'' wrote that Clark "infuses sonic streaks of contemporaries like
Four Tet,
Prefuse 73, and
DJ Shadow into his repertoire, along with his usual
Aphex and
Boards of Canada
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tics, and in the process crafts his best album to date".
In 2017, ''Pitchfork'' ranked ''Body Riddle'' at number 17 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time".
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Body Riddle''.
Musicians
* Christopher Clark – performance, arrangements
* Richard Roberts – vocal assistance
* Stephen Wilkinson – vocal assistance
Technical personnel
* Christopher Clark – production
* Naweed – mastering
References
2006 albums
Clark (musician) albums
Warp (record label) albums
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