''Teatime Dub Encounters'' is a collaborative EP by British

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group

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and American singer-songwriter

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. It was released on July 27, 2018, by

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, except in Japan where it was released by Beat Records.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Teatime Dub Encounters'' received an

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score of 65, based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Commercial performance

''Teatime Dub Encounters'' debuted at number 20 on the

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, selling 2,782 units in its first week. It also debuted at number two on the Vinyl Albums Chart in the UK, where it sold 789 copies of the vinyl edition.

Track listing

Personnel

*Iggy Pop - vocals *Karl Hyde *Rick Smith with: *Esme Bronwen-Smith - additional vocals

Charts

References

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