The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
2006 studio album by Matmos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast is the sixth studio album by Matmos. Each of the album's songs is dedicated to a notable gay or lesbian person who has influenced the duo,[8] and this influence is reflected in the songs themselves. For examples, "Rag for William S. Burroughs" features the clatter of a type writer and a gunshot, representing the William Tell incident, and "Tract for Valerie Solanas" contains excerpts from the SCUM Manifesto.
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Released | May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09) | |||
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Length | 61:28 | |||
Label | Matador Records | |||
Producer | Drew Daniel, Martin Schmidt | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[2] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A[4] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10[5] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[6] |
PopMatters | 7/10[7] |
Slant Magazine | [8] |
Stylus Magazine | B+[9] |
As with earlier releases, the duo make use of field recordings in the music, recordings that range from ordinary things to more absurd sounds, such as a recording of a bovine uterus.[10] The album's title is taken from a line in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.[8]