''Parts of Speech'' is the third studio album by

Dessa Margret Wander (born May 23, 1981), better known by her stage name Dessa, is an American rapper, singer, writer, and former record executive. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree. Early life Dessa was born to Robert Wander ...

, a member of

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indie hip hop collective

Doomtree Doomtree is an American hip hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collective has seven members: Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. The collective is known for incorporatin ...

. It was released by Doomtree Records on June 25, 2013. An EP of remixes entitled ''Parts of Speech, Re-Edited'' was released on June 17, 2014.

Reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Parts of Speech'' received an average score of 78% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It debuted at number 74 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,800 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

– vocals, piano, executive production, art direction * Dustin Kiel – guitar, piano, programming, executive production * Sean McPherson – acoustic bass, electric bass * Joey Van Phillips – drums, percussion, vibraphone *

Paper Tiger "Paper tiger" is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase ''zhǐlǎohǔ'' ( zh, s=纸老虎, t=紙老虎). The term refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening, but is actually ineffectual and ...

– production (on 2, 3 and 8) * Lazerbeak – production (on 4 and 7), executive production * Rebecca Arons – cello * Nick Ogawa – cello * Jessy Greene – violin * Scott Agster – trombone * Gabriel Douglas – vocals * Aby Wolf – vocals * Benjamin Burwell – vocals * Mayda – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming * Emily Dantuma – sampled cello * Jake Wallenius – sampled drums *

Joe Mabbott Joe Mabbott is an American record producer and studio audio engineer who has worked with many independent and mainstream artists of the 1990s 2000s and 2010s including Atmosphere, Snoop Dogg, Brother Ali, Cloud Cult and The Matches. In addition ...

– mixing, engineering * Brady Moen – additional engineering, additional editing * Bruce Templeton – mastering * Kai Benson – art direction, design * Bill Phelps – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2013 albums Dessa albums Doomtree Records albums Albums produced by Lazerbeak