Skelethon

Skelethon
Studio album by Aesop Rock
Released July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
Genre Hip hop
Length 55:10
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock chronology
None Shall Pass
(2007)		 Skelethon
(2012)		 The Impossible Kid
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
Drowned in Sound9/10[5]
HipHopDX3.5/5[6]
NME6/10[7]
Pitchfork Media8.2/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Spin7/10[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes[11]

Skelethon is a studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released through Rhymesayers Entertainment on July 10, 2012.[12]

Music videos were created for "Zero Dark Thirty",[13] "ZZZ Top",[14] and "Cycles to Gehenna".[15] A music video for "ZZZ Top" features the martial arts master Patti Li.[16]

The album debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 with 14,000 copies sold in its first week.[17] It has sold over 52,000 copies as of April 2016.[18]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Skelethon received an average score of 79% based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

It was listed by HipHopDX as one of the "Top 25 Albums of 2012".[19]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Leisureforce" (featuring Allyson Baker and Hanni El Khatib)4:43
2."ZZZ Top" (featuring Allyson Baker)4:15
3."Cycles to Gehenna"  4:00
4."Zero Dark Thirty" (featuring Rob Sonic)3:21
5."Fryerstarter"  3:28
6."Ruby '81"  2:33
7."Crows 1" (featuring Kimya Dawson)4:19
8."Crows 2" (featuring Rob Sonic & Murs)2:30
9."Racing Stripes" (featuring Kimya Dawson)3:23
10."1,000 O'Clock"  3:58
11."Homemade Mummy" (featuring Rob Sonic)2:46
12."Grace" (featuring Hanni El Khatib)3:38
13."Saturn Missiles"  3:37
14."Tetra"  4:41
15."Gopher Guts"  3:58
16."Dokken Rules" (deluxe edition bonus track; featuring Rob Sonic[20])3:59
17."BMX" (deluxe edition bonus track; featuring Blueprint and Rob Sonic[20])3:34

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[21] 21
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 5

References

  1. 1 2 "Skelethon by Aesop Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Aesop Rock - Skelethon". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Adam (2012). "Aesop Rock - Skelethon - Review". BBC. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Freed, Nick (July 17, 2012). "Aesop Rock – Skelethon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Sean (November 23, 2012). "Aesop Rock - Skelethon". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Cooper, Roman (July 18, 2012). "Aesop Rock - Skelethon". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ Cashmore, Pete (July 8, 2012). "Aesop Rock - 'Skelethon'". NME. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ Weiss, Jeff (July 10, 2012). "Aesop Rock: Skelethon". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ Small, Colin (August 27, 2012). "Aesop Rock: Skelethon". PopMatters. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (July 10, 2012). "Aesop Rock, 'Skelethon' (Rhymesayers)". Spin. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ Rag, Ben. "Aesop Rock - Skelethon". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Horowitz, Steven (July 10, 2012). "Aesop Rock "Skelethon" Album Stream". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ Norwood, Charlie (May 1, 2012). "Video Premiere: Aesop Rock, 'Zero Dark Thirty'". MTV. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ Suarez, Jessica (June 29, 2012). "Aesop Rock Gets Revenge in "ZZZ Top" Video". MTV. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ Weiss, Sam (August 22, 2012). "Video: Aesop Rock "Cycles To Gehenna"". Complex. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  16. ↑ Eakin, Marah (June 29, 2012). "Today in music videos: Aesop Rock calls on kung fu master Patti Li for "ZZZ Top"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  17. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (July 18, 2012). "Frank Ocean's Channel Orange Album Sales Land Him At #2". MTV. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ "HipHopDX's Top 25 Albums Of 2012". HipHopDX. December 26, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  20. 1 2 "Skelethon (Deluxe Edition) by Aesop Rock". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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