Resilience (Kid606 album) explained

Resilience
Type:Album
Artist:Kid606
Cover:Resiliencekid606.jpg
Released:July 25, 2005
Genre:Electronic pop
Length:57:31
Label:Tigerbeat6
Producer:Miguel Depedro
Prev Title:Who Still Kill Sound?
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Pretty Girls Make Raves
Next Year:2006

Resilience is an album by Miguel Depedro under his alias of Kid 606. It was released by Tigerbeat6 on July 25, 2005.

Style

AllMusic described Resilence as "a simple record" and unlike anything Depedro had recorded prior to its release while Exclaim! noted it was an album that was "bound to confuse long-time fans".[1] Pitchfork described it as "not really ambient at all" but rather a stab at an electronic pop album, with chords, melodies and band-like arrangements".

Release

Resilence was released by on Tigerbeat6 on compact disc and vinyl on July 25, 2005.[2]

Reception

At Metacritic, the album received a metascore 72 out of 100 based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] The album received positive reviews from Mojo, Uncut and AllMusic.

PopMatters gave the album a negative review, noting that the beat rarely changes on the songs and not all of them are maintain interest, specifically "Sugarcoated" and"King of Harm".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Miguel Depedro.

  1. "Done With the Scene" – 5:03
  2. "Spanish Song" – 5:08
  3. "Phoenix Riddim" – 4:39
  4. "Xmas Funk" – 5:12
  5. "Sugarcoated" – 7:11
  6. "I Miss You" – 4:24
  7. "Banana Peel" – 4:18
  8. "King of Harm" – 4:05
  9. "Cascadia" – 4:14
  10. "Hold It Together" – 2:32
  11. "Short Road Down" – 4:28
  12. "Audition" – 6:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from Resilience booklet.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kid 606 Resilence. Exclaim!. Nasrallah. Dimitri. September 1, 2005. July 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060108063334/http://www.tigerbeat6.com/index.php?id=3_5. January 8, 2006. July 13, 2015. Meow120. Tigerbeat6.com.
  3. Web site: Reviews for Resilence by Kid 606. Metacritic. July 13, 2015.
  4. Resilience . Kid606 . 2005 . Liner notes . Wichita .