Spokes (album)

Spokes is the fifth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on Warp in 2003.

Spokes
Studio album by Plaid
Released	20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)[1]
Genre	IDM, electronic, techno
Length	58:43
Label	Warp
Producer	Plaid
Plaid chronology
Double Figure (2001) Spokes (2003) Greedy Baby (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Pitchfork	6.2/10[4]
Playlouder	[5]
Stylus Magazine	C[6]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.2 out of 10, saying: "A consistent mood is carried through most of these ten tracks, and it can be characterized with words familiar to people who listen to a lot of IDM: reflective and mysterious, with an occasional tension verging on paranoia."[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Even Spring"	5:24
2.	"Crumax Rins"	6:00
3.	"Upona"	5:07
4.	"Zeal"	6:01
5.	"Cedar City"	5:47
6.	"B Born Droid"	5:31
7.	"Marry"	6:47
8.	"Get What You Gave"	5:16
9.	"Buns"	6:40
10.	"Quick Emix"	6:10

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Miamivice"	3:51

References

1. "Spokes". Warp. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
2. "Spokes by Plaid". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
3. Bush, John. "Spokes - Plaid". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
4. Richardson, Mark (14 November 2003). "Plaid: Spokes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
5. Joliet, Ian (22 October 2003). "Spokes". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 19 June 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
6. Southall, Nick (31 October 2003). "Plaid - Spokes". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

External links

• Spokes at Discogs (list of releases)
• Spokes at MusicBrainz (list of releases)