''Throb'' (or sylized as ''Throb.'') is the third studio album by

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, released on February 16, 2004 by Armalyte Industries and The Sick City. The album's recording began after

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moved from Minneapolis to London in the late 1990s. Barton became inspired to return to his musical roots and compose again after extensively listening to

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and Tricky's 1995 album ''

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''. The album was made with collaborative efforts of musicians Kraig Tyler, Charles Levi, Raymond Watts, and Olivier Grasse.

Reception

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gave ''Throb'' eight out of ten "R's", calling the music "strikingly inventive" and "consistently good." C. Parker of ''

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'' criticized the mediocre writing and said "from the crackling interference, supine adolescent questioning and maladroit thudding of "Why?" through to the soggy bassline on the closing "Drugbeat". this is one long, unalleviated exercise in gloom and despondency."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Throb'' liner notes. haloblack * Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) – production, mastering, vocals (2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12) Additional performers * Toby Doig –

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(9, 11) * Jules Hodgson – guitar (5) * Charles Levi – bass guitar (6) * Jun Onose (as J) – bass guitar (7) * Arianne Schreiber – production, vocals (3–7, 9, 12) * Krayge Tyler – production, guitar (3, 4, 7, 12) Production and design * Olivier Grasset – additional production (3), additional programming (5) * Sachiko Tozawa – mastering *

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– production (5), vocals (7)

Release history

References

External links

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