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For Hero: For Fool
by Subtle


9.1

based on 14 reviews
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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.

LABEL:	Astralwerks
RELEASE DATE:	03 October 2006
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Indie, Rock, Rap

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...

100

Drowned In Sound

Where Subtle use many words to convey many things, I will use one: perfection.

100

Playlouder

Intelligent, melodic, poetic and funny, so this is what Now sounds like eh?

cokemachineglow

Dose’s clever, rich, image-gorged writing is at that forefront more than ever, and, mercy, does he ever slam down the goods.

Dusted Magazine

Even more than their last record, the fine A New White, For Hero: For Fool is a wonderfully sprawling mess.

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.

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.

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.

BBC collective

Bewildered newcomers will soon be entranced, old fans won't be disappointed.

Uncut

Running over with ideas. [Nov 2006, p.128]

Q Magazine

Absorbing. [Jan 2007, p.153]

PopMatters

Small problems aside, For Hero: For Fool is a worthwhile album.

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]

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.

For Hero: For Fool by Subtle

For Hero: For Fool
by Subtle