One Word Extinguisher

One Word Extinguisher is the second studio album by American electronic music producer Prefuse 73.^[1] It was released on Warp on May 6, 2003.^[2] It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.^[3]

One Word Extinguisher
Studio album by Prefuse 73
Released	May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)
Genre	IDM electronica glitch hip hop
Length	60:03
Label	Warp
Producer	Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73 chronology
The '92 vs. '02 Collection (2002) One Word Extinguisher (2003) Extinguished: Outtakes (2003)

One Word Extinguisher is described as a "breakup album," and represents musical styles spanning multiple genres.^[4]

Critical reception and legacy

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	3/5[6]
The Independent	[7]
Mojo	[8]
Pitchfork	9.1/10[9]
Q	[10]
Spin	B+[11]
Stylus Magazine	A−[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes	5/5[13]
Uncut	[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, One Word Extinguisher received an average score of 86 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5]

John Bush of AllMusic called the album "a set of electronica that's nearly as challenging as Autechre's relentlessly academic beat manipulation but just as funky and instantly gratifying as a Fatboy Slim flag-waver."^[2] David Morris of PopMatters described it as "meticulously constructed and flawlessly engineered music".^[1] Uncut praised the album as a "marvel of hip hop knowledge and glitch science".^[14]

In 2017, Pitchfork placed One Word Extinguisher at number 15 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Staff writer Seth Colter Walls wrote: "One Word Extinguisher’s furious pace, and its range of genre references, keeps it from ever becoming boring. This heedless churning of ideas also works as a sonic analogue for a mind in crisis."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Wrong Side of Reflection (Intro)"	0:34
2.	"The End of Biters – International"	1:17
3.	"Plastic" (featuring Diverse)	2:44
4.	"Uprock and Invigorate" (co-produced by Dabrye)	3:46
5.	"The Color of Tempo"	2:34
6.	"Dave's Bonus Beats"	2:10
7.	"Detchibe"	4:08
8.	"Altoid Addiction (Interlude)"	1:01
9.	"Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing Mix)" (co-produced by Daedelus)	2:41
10.	"One Word Extinguisher"	4:04
11.	"90% of My Mind Is with You"	3:15
12.	"Huevos with Jeff and Rani" (featuring Mr. Lif)	1:22
13.	"Female Demands"	2:29
14.	"Why I Love You" (featuring Jenny Vasquez)	2:55
15.	"Southerners (Interlude)"	0:23
16.	"Perverted Undertone"	3:18
17.	"Invigorate (Interlude)" (co-produced by Dabrye)	1:25
18.	"Choking You"	4:01
19.	"Storm Returns" (co-produced by Tommy Guerrero)	5:15
20.	"Trains on Top of the Game (Interlude)"	1:54
21.	"Styles That Fade Away with a Collonade Reprise"	4:26
22.	"Esta" (bonus track)	1:22
23.	"Pentagram" (bonus track)	2:59

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[3]	41