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Released | May 12, 2011 | |||
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Length | 38:31 | |||
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Own Your Ghost is the second studio album by 13 & God, a collaboration between American hip hop group Themselves and German rock band The Notwist. [1] It was released on Anticon and Alien Transistor in 2011. [2]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100 [3] |
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Source | Rating |
CMJ | favorable [4] |
Cokemachineglow | 83/100 [5] |
Exclaim! | favorable [6] |
Filter | 81% [7] |
Impose | unfavorable [8] |
Pitchfork | 6.0/10 [9] |
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Spin | 7/10 [12] |
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.0 out of 10, saying: "It's still a neat project with many moments of interest, but it's disappointing that the second album doesn't cohere overall any better than the first." [9] Eric Hill of Exclaim! commented that "Own Your Ghost wins with a rare combination of velocity and depth to track and tackle these troubled times." [6] Mary Kosearas of Filter gave the album a rating of 81%, stating: "Ten tracks mixed with complex beats and sharp vocals gradually mature into a harmony of both fresh and electronically manipulated sounds." [7]
Cokemachineglow named it the 42nd best album of 2011. [14]
All lyrics are written by Adam Drucker and Markus Acher; all music is composed by 13 & God
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Its Own Sun" | 2:44 |
2. | "Death Major" | 4:26 |
3. | "Armored Scarves" | 4:30 |
4. | "Janu Are" | 3:32 |
5. | "Oldage" | 3:24 |
6. | "Et Tu" | 3:18 |
7. | "Death Minor" | 3:56 |
8. | "Sure as Debt" | 3:49 |
9. | "Beat on Us" | 5:07 |
10. | "Unyoung" | 3:39 |
Total length: | 38:31 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Chart | Peak position |
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German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [15] | 96 |