For Hero: For Fool is the second studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2006. "The Mercury Craze" was released as a single from the album.[6]
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| Studio album by Subtle | ||||
| Released | October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 51:09 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
| Producer | Subtle | |||
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| Singles from For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[3] |
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| Stylus Magazine | B+[5] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]
Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates."[2] Neal Hayes of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "the Oakland-based group presents a futuristic musical vision that is vivid, unsettling, and, above all, distinctive."[4]
OC Weekly included it on the "Album Covers of the Year" list.[7]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "A Tale of Apes I" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "A Tale of Apes II" | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Middleclass Stomp" | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Middleclass Kill" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Midas Gutz" | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Nomanisisland" | 4:20 |
| 7. | "The Mercury Craze" | 4:40 |
| 8. | "Bed to the Bills" | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Return of the Vein" | 4:11 |
| 10. | "Call to Dive" | 7:08 |
| 11. | "The Ends" | 8:57 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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