Rips (album)

Rips
Studio album by Ex Hex
Released October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
Recorded April 2014
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, garage rock
Length 35:09
Label Merge
Producer Ex Hex
Ex Hex chronology
Rips
(2014)		 Hot and Cold 7"
(2014)

Rips is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Ex Hex. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Merge Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
CuepointA−[3]
Exclaim!9/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
Mojo[6]
NME9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media8.4/10[8]
PopMatters8/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut8/10[11]

Rips holds a score of 84 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[1] Pitchfork Media writer Aaron Leitko gave Rips a "Best New Music" designation and remarked that the album "mostly finds the band walking away from Timony's established voice and pushing toward something more direct and energetic—embracing the past, but also blowing things up and starting again."[8] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that Rips "mixes simple pleasures and complicated ones into a completely life-affirming debut",[2] while Laura Snapes of NME called the album "a reminder of rock’s glorious communal potential".[7]

NME named Rips the tenth best album of 2014.[12] It also placed at number 11 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end critics' poll.[13]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mary Timony, except "How You Got That Girl" and "Radio On", written by Betsy Wright. 

No. Title Length
1. "Don't Wanna Lose"   2:27
2. "Beast"   3:14
3. "Waste Your Time"   2:47
4. "You Fell Apart"   2:45
5. "How You Got That Girl"   3:06
6. "Waterfall"   2:05
7. "Hot and Cold"   2:35
8. "Radio On"   2:41
9. "New Kid"   2:57
10. "War Paint"   3:57
11. "Everywhere"   3:18
12. "Outro"   3:17
Total length:
 35:09

Personnel

Ex Hex
  • Laura Harris – drums
  • Mary Timony – guitar, vocals
  • Betsy Wright – bass guitar
Additional personnel
  • Mitch Easter – engineering
  • Bobby Harlow – mixing
  • Dennis Kane – tracking
  • Johann Kauth – artwork, layout
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Jonah Takagi – photography, production, tracking
  • Missy Thangs – recording assistant

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[14] 170
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[15] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16] 46

References

  1. 1 2 "Reviews for Rips by Ex Hex". Metacritic. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Rips – Ex Hex". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 20, 2015). "Robert Christgau: Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (October 3, 2014). "Ex Hex: Ex Hex Rips". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Tom (October 9, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips review – majestic power-pop on the air-guitar album of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ex Hex: Rips". Mojo (252): 102. November 2014.
  7. 1 2 Snapes, Laura (October 13, 2014). "Ex Hex – 'Rips'". NME. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Leitko, Aaron (October 10, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ Pan, Arnold (October 9, 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips". PopMatters. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ Machado, Jessica (October 7, 2014). "Rips". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Ex Hex: Rips". Uncut (210): 73. November 2014.
  12. ↑ "NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014". NME. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pazz+Jop 2014". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ex Hex – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Ex Hex. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ex Hex – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Ex Hex. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Ex Hex – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Ex Hex. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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