By the Throat (Eyedea & Abilities album)

By the Throat
Studio album by Eyedea & Abilities
Released July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
Genre Hip hop, rap rock
Length 29:53
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer DJ Abilities, Eyedea
Eyedea & Abilities chronology
E&A
(2004)		 By the Throat
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBCfavorable[2]
City Pagesfavorable[3]
HipHopDX[4]
PopMatters[5]

By the Throat is the third and final studio album by American hip hop duo Eyedea & Abilities. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on July 21, 2009.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, By the Throat received an average score of 76% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Andrew Dietzel of Popmatters gave the album 9 stars out of 10, saying, "By the Throat, succinct and emotive, is the perfect convergence of styles, attacking the listener's jugular with a powerful punk thrust, cynical observations, and an out-and-out assault on hip-hop's standards."[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Eyedea; all music composed by DJ Abilities, Eyedea.

No. Title Length
1. "Hay Fever"   2:20
2. "Spin Cycle"   3:39
3. "Time Flies When You Have a Gun"   1:44
4. "Burn Fetish"   2:55
5. "Sky Diver"   4:16
6. "Junk"   2:46
7. "Forgive Me for My Synapses"   1:02
8. "This Story"   2:33
9. "Factory"   1:55
10. "Smile"   4:02
11. "By the Throat"   2:41

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[6] 91
Independent Albums[7] 38
Heatseekers Albums[8] 9

References

  1. 1 2 "By The Throat by Eyedea & Abilities". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Lawrence, Alistair (2009). "Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat - Review". BBC. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Swanson, Carl Atiya (July 22, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat". City Pages. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Tardio, Andres (July 23, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Dietzel, Andrew (August 30, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat". PopMatters. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eyedea & Abilities - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Eyedea & Abilities - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Eyedea & Abilities - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

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