Exquisite Corpse (album)

Exquisite Corpse is the eighth studio album by American electronic music producer Daedelus. It was released on Mush Records and Ninja Tune in 2005.

Exquisite Corpse
Studio album by Daedelus
Released	March 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)[1]
Genre	Electronic
Length	49:19
Label	Mush Records, Ninja Tune
Producer	Daedelus, Prefuse 73, Cyne, Jogger
Daedelus chronology
Of Snowdonia (2004) Exquisite Corpse (2005) Denies the Day's Demise (2006)
Singles from Exquisite Corpse
"Impending Doom / Just Briefly" Released: December 13, 2005[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Exclaim!	favorable[5]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
XLR8R	favorable[8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Track listing

Mush Records edition

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dearly Departed"	Daedelus	4:08
2.	"Impending Doom" (featuring MF Doom)	Daedelus	2:19
3.	"Just Briefly"	Daedelus	3:16
4.	"Move On" (featuring Lil' Sci)	Daedelus	3:02
5.	"Now & Sleep" (featuring Laura Darling)	Daedelus	3:15
6.	"The Crippled Hand"	Daedelus	6:26
7.	"Welcome Home" (featuring Prefuse 73)	Daedelus, Prefuse 73	3:35
8.	"Cadavre Exquis" (featuring TTC)	Daedelus	3:25
9.	"Drops" (featuring Cyne)	Daedelus, Cyne	3:27
10.	"Fallen Love"	Daedelus	2:33
11.	"Welcome Home" (featuring Mike Ladd)	Daedelus	4:39
12.	"I. Sent Off / II. Sus Percoll" (featuring Jogger)	Daedelus, Jogger	4:46
13.	"The Trains Are Now So Clean"	Daedelus	1:08
14.	"Thanatopsis" (featuring Hrishikesh Hirway)	Daedelus	3:20

Ninja Tune edition

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dearly Departed"	Daedelus	4:09
2.	"Impending Doom" (featuring MF Doom)	Daedelus	2:19
3.	"Just Briefly"	Daedelus	3:16
4.	"Move On" (featuring Lil' Sci)	Daedelus	3:02
5.	"Now & Sleep" (featuring Laura Darling)	Daedelus	3:15
6.	"The Crippled Hand"	Daedelus	6:26
7.	"Welcome Home" (featuring Prefuse 73)	Daedelus, Prefuse 73	3:35
8.	"Drops" (featuring Cyne)	Daedelus, Cyne	3:26
9.	"Fallen Love"	Daedelus	2:33
10.	"Welcome Home" (featuring Mike Ladd)	Daedelus	4:39
11.	"I. Sent Off / II. Sus Percoll" (featuring Jogger)	Daedelus, Jogger	4:46
12.	"The Trains Are Now So Clean"	Daedelus	1:08
13.	"Thanatopsis" (featuring Hrishikesh Hirway)	Daedelus	5:20
14.	"Cadavre Exquis" (featuring TTC)	Daedelus	3:26