''Riddles'' is the third
studio album
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by American
rock
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duo
Ed Schrader's Music Beat. The album features the single "Dunce".
The album was produced and co-written by electronic-pop musician
Dan Deacon
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.
Reception
''Riddles'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 77 based on five reviews.
Aggregate website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of five reviews.
Writing in ''
Pitchfork
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''s review of ''Riddles'', Nina Corcoran described the collaboration between the band and producer Dan Deacon as "a new musical direction... By lacing arms with Dan Deacon, the duo throw themselves into an auspicious zone, creating an album that remains introspective even at its wildest moments."
Accolades
Track listing
References
2018 albums
Carpark Records albums
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