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For Hero: For Fool
Universal acclaim
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 33 votes
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Album Info
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: 03 October 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Rap
Summary
The anticon crew that includes Doseone--and, fortunately, the nearly-killed Dax Pierson--makes the jump to a more major label (EMI/Astralwerks) for the first time.
Also By This Artist: Exiting Arm
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Drowned In Sound
Where Subtle use many words to convey many things, I will use one: perfection.
Read Full Review >Playlouder
Intelligent, melodic, poetic and funny, so this is what Now sounds like eh?
Read Full Review >cokemachineglow
Dose’s clever, rich, image-gorged writing is at that forefront more than ever, and, mercy, does he ever slam down the goods.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
Even more than their last record, the fine A New White, For Hero: For Fool is a wonderfully sprawling mess.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
The sextet take glitchy electronics, nerdy psychedelic rock and various forms of hip-hop to create a completely over-the-top concept album--and it works perfectly. [Dec 2006, p.208]
Stylus Magazine
For Hero: For Fool is a complete work from artists working at the top of their game.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
The chemistry has changed, the music is harder, the frustration's more palable, and you can hear that this is some kind of a make-or-break moment. And this time they made it-- just.
Read Full Review >Urb
It's almost like Subtle, as a collective, is afraid of letting loose or having too much fun. [Oct 2006, p.130]
All Music Guide
Part experimental rock, part electronica, and part hip-hop, Subtle's For Hero: For Fool is a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates.
Read Full Review >BBC collective
Bewildered newcomers will soon be entranced, old fans won't be disappointed.
Read Full Review >Uncut
Running over with ideas. [Nov 2006, p.128]
Q Magazine
Absorbing. [Jan 2007, p.153]
Spin
Subtle... build their hybrid from a quarter century of pop and college radio, then animate it with a megawatt jolt of race/class anxiety. [Dec 2006, p.100]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Justin B. gave it a10:
This is a true 10. what an album, it seems like it was overlooked by many.
Mr. Hankey gave it a10:
The greatest album of 2006. A beautiful extravaganza of rap, rock, and electronica. Not many albums are as dark and loud as this.
Dtrain H. gave it a9:
This album took a LOOOOOOOOOONG time to grow on me. Look up the lyrics on the internet or something to follow along to the album with . . . it helps you understand what's going on tremendously. Nomanisisland is best lyrically for me and The Mercury Craze, if there were any justice in the world, would be a #1 single (editing out the last minute or so, maybe) for 5 years in a row.
Mihai V gave it a9:
A fresh new sound. The album just flows from one song to another. It's more about athmosphere than about hit songs, and it works perfectly.
Michael C gave it a9:
This is a very good album, I took it all in on the first listen, every time I thought about skipping a track, it started somthing lush and beutiful and made me want to listen more. My one complaint it the end of the album is a bit to ambitious, and is a bit unfocused, but this is based on the first listen, who knows what cool stuff i'll discover with some repeated listens.
Simon O gave it a10:
The finest release of the year; broader in scope than any other 2006 record. Lyrically strong, with a collection of amazing voices.
Reuben F gave it a9:
Part of an apparent renaissance in Alternative Hip-Hop. Similar to TV On The Radio in contributing to an emerging new sound.
