Gutter Tactics

Gutter Tactics is an album by alternative hip hop duo dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in January 2009.

Gutter Tactics
Studio album by dälek
Released	January 27, 2009[1]
Recorded	deadverse studios, Union City, New Jersey, US[2]
Genre	Alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, shoegazing, industrial hip hop
Length	50:24
Label	Ipecac (IPC-084)
Producer	MC Dälek, Oktopus
Dälek chronology
Abandoned Language (2007) Gutter Tactics (2009) Untitled (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)[5]
Prefix	(7/10)[6]
Slant Magazine	Critical[7]
Spin	(6/10)[8]

The intro track samples a controversial speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by dälek.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Heads Against a Rock"	1:24
2.	"No Question"	4:40
3.	"Armed with Krylon"	5:11
4.	"Who Medgar Evers Was..."	8:03
5.	"Street Diction"	5:28
6.	"A Collection of Miserable Thoughts Laced with Wit"	3:21
7.	"Los Macheteros/Spear of a Nation"	3:15
8.	"We Lost Sight"	4:32
9.	"Gutter Tactics"	4:38
10.	"2012 (The Pillage)"	3:30
11.	"Atypical Stereotype"	6:22

Personnel

Band members^[2]

• MC Dälek – lead vocals, production and songwriting
• Oktopus – production and songwriting

Other personnel^[2]

• Joshua Booth – songwriting and live overdubs
• Destructo Swarmbots – live overdubs
• Joe Kostroun – live overdubs
• Johnny Vignault – live overdubs
• Dean Rispler – live overdubs
• Dev-One – additional vocals on "Atyical Stereotype"

Album art^[2]

• Paul Romano – art direction, artwork, design and Gutter Tactics Graffiti piece
• Marco Burbano – Gutter Tag
• Opiem – dälek graffiti piece
• Alexandra Momin – New York City photos