Preparations (album)

2007 studio album by Prefuse 73

Preparations

Studio album by

Prefuse 73

Released| October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
Genre| Electronic
Length| 46:20
Label| Warp Records
Producer| Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73 chronology
| Security Screenings
(2006)  | Preparations
(2007)  | Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
(2009)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 64/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Billboard| favorable[3]
Drowned in Sound| 8/10[4]
MusicOMH| favorable[5]
Pitchfork| 5.3/10 (Preparations)[6]
7.1/10 (Interregnums)[6]
PopMatters| [7]
Spin| favorable[8]
Stylus Magazine| B+[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes| [10]

Preparations is a studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2007.

Unlike the 2006 EP Security Screenings, Preparations is considered the proper follow-up to the 2005 album Surrounded by Silence.

The album includes a 15-track bonus disc entitled Interregnums, which features "unheard explorations into orchestral soundtrack music", including compositions played by live musicians.

## Track listing

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PreparationsNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "From the East Intro"| 0:31
2.| "Beaten Thursdays"| 3:43
3.| "Aborted Hugs"| 1:29
4.| "The Class of 73 Bells" (featuring School of Seven Bells)| 4:58
5.| "Girlfriend Boyfriend"| 3:22
6.| "Smoking Red" (featuring John Stanier)| 2:55
7.| "Prog Version Slowly Crushed"| 3:32
8.| "Noreaster Cheer"| 2:30
9.| "Let It Ring"| 3:08
10.| "17 Seconds Interlude" (featuring Tobias Lilja)| 1:01
11.| "I Knew You Were Gonna Go"| 4:01
12.| "Pomade Suite Version One"| 5:46
13.| "Spaced + Dissonant"| 4:14
14.| "Preparation Outro Version"| 5:02
15.| "Recycled Suite" (Japanese edition bonus track)| 5:07

InterregnumsNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "For Her Non-Place"| 5:30
2.| "Preparation One"| 0:45
3.| "Thorough Light"| 3:45
4.| "Spacious and Dissonant Part 2"| 6:50
5.| "Pitu"| 5:18
6.| "Preparation Two"| 0:49
7.| "Over Ensembles"| 4:28
8.| "The Last"| 4:40
9.| "Sunbeamstress"| 2:09
10.| "Humidity Interlude"| 1:35
11.| "The Ground We Lift"| 3:23
12.| "Preparation Three"| 0:56
13.| "Let It Ring Ensembles"| 4:21
14.| "Out We Will Go"| 2:15
15.| "Prepared as It Was"| 4:57

## References

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1. ^ "Preparations by Prefuse 73". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
2. ^ "Preparations - Prefuse 73". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
3. ^ Menze, Jill. "Preparations". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
4. ^ MacFarlane, Richard (October 11, 2007). "Album Review: Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
5. ^ Heywood, Tony (October 15, 2007). "Prefuse 73 – Preparations". MusicOMH. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
6. ^ a b Dombal, Ryan (October 23, 2007). "Prefuse 73: Preparations". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
7. ^ Dorr, Nate (October 24, 2007). "Prefuse 73: Preparations". PopMatters. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
8. ^ Reeves, Mosi (November 20, 2007). "Prefuse 73, 'Preparations' (Warp)". Spin. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
9. ^ McGarvey, Evan (October 19, 2007). "Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
10. ^ Urban Guerilla (October 22, 2007). "Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

## External links

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* Preparations at Discogs (list of releases)

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Scott Herren

As Prefuse 73|

| Studio albums|

* Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
* One Word Extinguisher
* Surrounded by Silence
* Preparations
* Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
* The Only She Chapters
* Rivington Não Rio
* Sacrifices

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EPs/singles|

* The '92 vs. '02 Collection
* Prefuse 73 Reads the Books E.P.
* The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73

Compilations|

* Extinguished: Outtakes
* Security Screenings

Related articles|

* Lex Records
* Warp Records
* Chocolate Industries
* Schematic Records
* Lady Parts

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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