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Fatherfucker
by Peaches

Peaches reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 70 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.1 out of 10
based on 20 reviews
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Fresh off the electroclash touring circuit (and apparently in need of a good shave), ever-vulgar Canadian Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) follows her 2000 debut 'The Teaches of Peaches' with 12 new tracks, including a duet with Iggy Pop.

LABEL: Beggars/XL
RELEASE DATE: 23 September 2003
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Indie, Electronic

What The Critics Said

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100
Outburn
Peaches hasn't suffered from the sophomore slump one bit. [#23, p.96]
90
Playlouder
'Fatherfucker' is one motherfucker of an album.
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83
Entertainment Weekly
Now grafting meaty guitars and ferocious singing onto her minimal electronic beats, she summons the very spirit of rock & roll. [26 Sep 2003, p.95]
80
Urb
Takes her dirty white girlisms to an even more profound yet still salacious place. [Nov 2003, p.89]
80
Billboard
More consistent and enjoyable than its predecessor.
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80
Splendid
It's filthy, low-budget fun that's still plenty fucked up, whether you're a first-timer or a hardcore Peaches fanatic.
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80
Q Magazine
There is one glaring drawback: so taboo-shredding are her lyrics, and so brutal her music, that she probably won't achieve the clout to which she obviously aspires. [Oct 2003, p.99]
80
Mojo
A combination of fierce electro-clash, stabbing rock riffs, and the rudest raps on the planet. [Oct 2003, p.118]
80
Uncut
Fatherfucker pillages Missy Elliott, Suicide and "Justify My Love"-era Madonna, and even outfoxes the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [Oct 2003, p.126]
80
Under The Radar
Some say electroclash. Wrong. This is rock and roll. [#5, p.103]
75
Spin
Peaches seems to be having much more fun with her sleazy subject matter. [Nov 2003, p.116]
70
Dot Music
For reasons of quality, as well as the inevitable loss of the shock of the new, 'Fatherf*cker' isn't quite the album its predecessor, 'The Teaches Of Peaches', was.
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60
All Music Guide
Ultimately this album is neither the triumph or the disaster that it could've been.
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60
Alternative Press
Unfortunately, the tinny stutters and retro keyboards... drag when they're not amped up on desire. [Dec 2003, p.158]
60
Rolling Stone
Peaches seems to intentionally drop the ball throughout Fatherfucker.
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60
Neumu.net
The album largely treads the same brazen minimal-electro territory; and most of the dick/tits/cunt-centric songs will be familiar for anyone who's seen Peaches' girlie-show shows in full-frontal effect over the past couple years.
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50
PopMatters
Quite a few tracks simultaneously lack subtlety and boldness, reverting to the kind of scatological shock bag you might expect from a third-rate performance artist.
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40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nearly all of Fatherfucker falls back into ostensibly bracing anthems that sound plain stupid in such abundance.
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40
ShakingThrough.net
Where Teaches was brash, Fatherfucker is dim; where Teaches was shocking in its gender-bending, sexually charged language, Fatherfucker is bland, repetitive and obvious in its attempts to turn standard conventions upside down.
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35
Pitchfork
The beats on Fatherfucker are not only frustratingly simplistic, but the energy and surprising rhythmic complexity of the vocals on her debut are noticeably absent, too.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 6.1 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

othostice gave it a1:
Nothing here that others have not done better and more subtly, from Chrissie Hynde to Li'l Kim. If she weren't white, would she even have a recording contract?

La La gave it a 10:
Great

all that is.. ..indecent gave it an 8:
if you like chicks on speed and gravy train this will suit you. Peaches doesn't shave because she is inhibited, not because she wants to make a statement... Her music is all about the (horny) female's view on sex! Its a good recipitant! SEX IS GOOD AND MAKES YOU HAPPY SO WILL PEACHES!

Jennifer K. gave it a 5:
Not something that I'd want to listen to all the time, but good electroclash dirty party music. Peaches is dirrrtay!

brian gave it a 0:
peaches is so desperate to shock us. ooh, she's got HAIRY ARMPITS! shes totally challenging me and the rest of the western male misogynistic conspiracy! i mean, this album is a real threat to the power structure we've got going here! did you hear me, people? ARMPIT HAIR! Let's riot! . . no seriously, i had the extreme displeasure to see peaches live. this is not 'rock and roll', people. this is not music. this is aimed squarely at 15 year olds desperately trying to challenge the status quo. this is juvenile and shitty. if you like this, you dont really like music, plain and simple.

Waste Bot gave it an 8:
If you're looking for punk-electronica, this is it. More great Bikini Kill meets electronica meets rap. Not as crisp as "Teaches...", but it definitely still kicks. It has more of a basic rock flavor, more hip-hop, too.

Dom S. gave it a 1:
The title of this album is a perfect description of its eschewment of everything decent: Listening to it is like having sex with your father.

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