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Tarot Sport

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Released
  
14 October 2009

Tarot Sport (2009)
  
Slow Focus (2013)

Release date
  
14 October 2009

Label
  
ATP Recordings

Length
  
58:35

Artist
  
Fuck Buttons

Producer
  
Andrew Weatherall

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Genres
  
Post-rock, Drone music, Techno, Electronica, Neo-psychedelia, Electronic music

Ambient music albums
  
From Here We Go Sublime, Fever Ray, Monoliths & Dimensions, There Is Love in You, Unmap

Tarot Sport is the second studio album by Fuck Buttons, produced by Andrew Weatherall. The album was released on 14 October 2009 in the UK and on 20 October in the US. The album was leaked online on 14 September 2009. The songs "Surf Solar" and "Olympians" were released as singles.

Contents

Fuck buttons tarot sport full album


Critical reception

Tarot Sport was met with positive critical reviews, earning a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 21 professional reviews. Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound wrote that "If it doesn't necessarily resonate with the times, it ought to resonate by dint of sheer, joyous momentum." With a score of 8.3, it is also an AnyDecentMusic? Chart Topper.

Many publications ranked Tarot Sport on their end of year lists, including:

  • 1st – Urban75
  • 3rd – Gigwise
  • 5th – Drowned in Sound
  • 8th – Mojo
  • 8th – NME
  • 11th – Pitchfork Media
  • 11th – Resident Advisor
  • 21st – Rhapsody
  • 30th – Q
  • Songs

    1Surf Solar10:35
    2Rough Steez4:44
    3The Lisbon Maru9:19

    References

    Tarot Sport Wikipedia