''10th Avenue Freakout'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band

Fog Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. Reprint from Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus, and is heavily influ ...

. It was released on

Lex Records Lex Records is a British independent record label based in Camden, London, England. Style Lex has a varied musical output. Most releases are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic. The label works with a small group of artists. ...

on March 22, 2005.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''10th Avenue Freakout'' received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a rhythmic, up-front electronic-pop album, much less pensive and subdued than Fog's previous full-length, ''Ether Teeth''." He called it "consistently imaginative and never predictable." Liz Cordingley of '' XLR8R'' said: "Volleying between forceful and quirky, the avant-garde approach of this album gets closer to the human side of jazz than any digitized hip-hop beat." Ron Hart of ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

'' called it "the most adventurous work in the Fog catalog yet."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

* Andrew Broder – lyrics, music, production, engineering, front cover concept *

Jeremy Ylvisaker Jeremy Ylvisaker is a multi-instrumentalist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a member of the indie rock bands Alpha Consumer and The Cloak Ox. Career He is a member of Alpha Consumer along with Michael Lewis and JT Bates. The band has rel ...

– music, engineering * Mark Erickson – lyrics (2), music *

Martin Dosh Martin Chavez Dosh (born September 6, 1972), better known mononymously as Dosh, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Style Dosh is principally a percussionist who usually adds a Rhodes piano to his kit and uses other electr ...

– music * Michael Lewis – music * Tim Glenn – music Additional personnel * Greg Lewis – trumpet (1), horns (2) * Huntley Miller – processing (2, 4, 11, 13) * George Cartwright – saxophone (3, 4, 12, 13) * Adam Linz – bass guitar (3, 11, 12) * Jaqueline Ferrier-Ultan – cello (6, 11, 12) * Andrew Lafkas – bass guitar (6, 13) * Julie Wellman – lyrics (7), vocals (7, 8) *

Adam Drucker Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapper, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including ...

– lyrics (9) * Tom Herbers – production, engineering * Ehquestionmark – sleeve artwork

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 albums Lex Records albums Fog (band) albums