Tapes

• Artist: The Rapture
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• Release Date: September 29, 2008
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Enjoyment of the Rapture's Tapes necessitates unfamiliarity with the majority of its contents, indifference to acute sequencing and, naturally, deep interest in what the band views as classic and fresh. The set, containing 22 tracks in 74 minutes, flits across several forms of dance music -- funk, disco, go-go, house, techno, hip-hop, disco revivalism -- often to a jarring extent, indeed sounding like it was selected by committee. The tougher transitions between ill-fitting tracks are masked with fade-outs and drastic bottom elimination through EQ'ing, and some tracks that do match up rhythmically -- Richie Havens' coarse cover of Lamont Dozier's "Going Back to My Roots" and Galaxy 2 Galaxy's gleaming "Afros, ARPs, and Minimoogs" being the prime pair -- sometimes present clashing moods and tones. Out of the newer tracks, the strongarming ardkore hip-house of Dances with White Girls' "Everybody's Got to Make a Living," released on the Rapture's own Throne of Blood label, wins out. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Earthquake Shake	Norman J. Whitfield	The Undisputed Truth	(:32)
Daytona 500 (Lyrics)		Ghostface Killah	(3:01)
The Word		Junk Yard Band	(3:19)
Holy Ghost (Lyrics)	James Banks, Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen	The Bar-Kays	(3:34)
Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll		Vaughan Mason	(3:30)
Tee's Happy	A. Baker	Northend	(3:04)
I'm an Indian Too	Irving Berlin	Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band	(2:45)
Disco Circus		Martin Circus	(2:21)
Fantasy Lines	Darshan Jesrani, Danny Balis	Arcade Lover	(2:46)
Club Soda	Thomas Bangalter	Thomas Bangalter	(2:36)
The Passion [Phonique Mix Down]		Phonique, Kiloo	(4:59)
Flowerz	Armand Van Helden, Roland Clark	Armand Van Helden	(3:37)
Say U Will	Curtis Jones	Cajmere, Dajae	(3:03)
Where's Jason's K	Maurice Fulton	Syclops	(4:42)
Township Funk		DJ Mujava	(2:57)
Cpstyre	Donk Boys	Donk Boys	(1:31)
Everybody's Got to Make a Living		Dances with White Girls	(4:53)
Why Not?!		Alter Ego	(1:29)
Get Get Down [Extended Mix]		Paul Johnson	(4:17)
Austin's Groove		Kid Crème	(3:17)
Going Back to My Roots	Lamont Dozier	Richie Havens	(5:02)
Afro Arps and Minimoogs		Galaxy 2 Galaxy	(6:22)

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