Gutter Tactics

Gutter Tactics is an album by alternative hip hop duo dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in January 2009.

Gutter Tactics
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009[1]
Recordeddeadverse studios, Union City, New Jersey, US[2]
GenreAlternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, shoegazing, industrial hip hop
Length50:24
LabelIpecac
(IPC-084)
ProducerMC Dälek, Oktopus
Dälek chronology
Abandoned Language
(2007)
Gutter Tactics
(2009)
Untitled
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.6/10)[5]
Prefix(7/10)[6]
Slant MagazineCritical[7]
Spin(6/10)[8]

The intro track samples a controversial speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by dälek.

No.TitleLength
1."Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Heads Against a Rock"1:24
2."No Question"4:40
3."Armed with Krylon"5:11
4."Who Medgar Evers Was..."8:03
5."Street Diction"5:28
6."A Collection of Miserable Thoughts Laced with Wit"3:21
7."Los Macheteros/Spear of a Nation"3:15
8."We Lost Sight"4:32
9."Gutter Tactics"4:38
10."2012 (The Pillage)"3:30
11."Atypical Stereotype"6:22

Personnel

Band members[2]
  • MC Dälek – lead vocals, production and songwriting
  • Oktopus – production and songwriting
Other personnel[2]
  • Joshua Booth – songwriting and live overdubs
  • Destructo Swarmbots – live overdubs
  • Joe Kostroun – live overdubs
  • Johnny Vignault – live overdubs
  • Dean Rispler – live overdubs
  • Dev-One – additional vocals on "Atyical Stereotype"
Album art[2]
  • Paul Romano – art direction, artwork, design and Gutter Tactics Graffiti piece
  • Marco Burbano – Gutter Tag
  • Opiem – dälek graffiti piece
  • Alexandra Momin – New York City photos
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References

  1. "Discography - Gutter Tactics". Ipecac Recordings. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. Listing of the Gutter Tactics album on Discogs.com, (accessed March 15, 2015).
  3. "Gutter Tactics by Dälek". Metacritic. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. Allmusic review
  5. Tangari, Joe (January 27, 2009). "Dälek - Gutter Tactics". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media.
  6. Burns, Patrick (April 17, 2009). "Album Review: Dalek - Gutter Tactics". prefixmag.com.
  7. Cataldo, Jesse (January 26, 2009). "Dälek: Gutter Tactics". slantmagazine.com.
  8. Reeves, Mosi (January 16, 2009). "Dälek, 'Gutter Tactics' (Ipecac)". spin.com.


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