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Level Live Wires

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Level Live Wires
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)[1]
GenreHip hop
Length39:48
LabelAnticon
ProducerOdd Nosdam
Odd Nosdam chronology
Burner
(2005)
Level Live Wires
(2007)
Pretty Swell Explode
(2008)

Level Live Wires is a studio album by American hip hop producer Odd Nosdam. It was released on Anticon in 2007. It peaked at number 14 on the Dusted Top 40 Radio Chart in 2007.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
East Bay Expressfavorable[5]
Filter87/100[6]
Pitchfork7.0/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Spin[9]
Stylus MagazineB[10]
URB[11]
XLR8Rfavorable[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Jo-Ann Greene of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "From blurry dub and chill to doom-laden pieces, ambient sweetness to street noise effects, Nosdam's sounds and samples swirl round and round, coalescing into ever more surprising aural shapes and moods."[4] Joshua Love of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, calling it "a tightly constructed soundscape that hangs together more cogently than anything he's conceived to date."[7]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."On"0:58
2."Kill Tone"5:10
3."We Dead"1:21
4."Freakout 3"4:05
5."Fat Hooks"5:46
6."Blast"1:49
7."The Kill Tone Two"4:54
8."Burner"5:50
9."Up in Flames"4:54
10."Slight Return"1:58
11."Off"3:16
Total length:39:48

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

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  1. ^ "Level Live Wires". Anticon. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Charts". Dusted Magazine. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Level Live Wires by Odd Nosdam". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Greene, Jo-Ann. "Level Live Wires - Odd Nosdam". AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  5. ^ Keresman, Mark (October 24, 2007). "Odd Nosdam: Level Live Wires". East Bay Express. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Moehlmann, Jeremy (August 15, 2007). "Odd Nosdam: Level Live Wires - Anticon". Filter. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Love, Joshua (January 18, 2008). "Odd Nosdam: Level Live Wires". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Schiller, Mike (October 22, 2007). "Odd Nosdam: Level Live Wires". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  9. ^ Modell, Josh (September 2007). "Reviews: New CDs". Spin: 136.
  10. ^ Rosenberg, Tal (August 30, 2007). "Odd Nosdam - Level Live Wires". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Khamsaysoury, Som (June 18, 2007). "Odd Nosdam :: Level Live Wires". URB. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  12. ^ Lopez, Luciana (August 6, 2007). "Odd Nosdam: Level Live Wires". XLR8R. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
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