Earthee Explained

Earthee
Type:studio
Artist:THEESatisfaction
Cover:Earthee.album.jpg
Genre:
Label:Sub Pop
Producer:
  • THEESatisfaction
  • Erik Blood
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Prev Year:2012

Earthee (stylized as EarthEE) is the second studio album by THEESatisfaction.[2] It was released by Sub Pop on February 24, 2015.[3] [4] Music videos were created for "Recognition"[5] and "Earthee".[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 79, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Kyle Fowle of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B+, describing it as "an album that engages with the history of black culture while challenging the political, cultural, and musical status quos at every turn." Safy-Hallan Farah of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, writing, "The album, at its best, feels like an alluring, slow meditation on the black imagination."

The Stranger placed it at number 10 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2015" list.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THEESatisfaction Break Up. Exclaim!. Calum. Slingerland. May 16, 2016. September 30, 2019.
  2. Web site: THEESatisfaction premiere new song "EarthEE" — listen. Consequence of Sound. Chris. Coplan. February 4, 2015. September 19, 2019.
  3. Web site: THEESatisfaction announce new album EarthEE, premiere "Recognition". Consequence of Sound. Josh. Terry. December 2, 2014. September 19, 2019.
  4. Web site: THEESatisfaction Discography. Sub Pop. September 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505063928/https://www.subpop.com/artists/theesatisfaction/discography. May 5, 2016.
  5. Web site: THEESatisfaction "Recognition" (video). Exclaim!. Gregory. Adams. January 8, 2015. September 19, 2019.
  6. Web site: THEESatisfaction "EarthEE" (video). Exclaim!. Gregory. Adams. July 20, 2015. September 19, 2019.
  7. Web site: The Top 10 Albums, Songs, and Everything Else from the Year in Music 2015. The Stranger. December 16, 2015. September 19, 2019.
  8. Web site: THEESatisfaction Chart History (Top R&B Albums). Billboard. September 15, 2019.