- electronic, hip hop, dance, alternative dance
- 45 min
- 14 tracks
Arular is the debut studio album by English singer and rapper M.I.A. It was released on 22 March 2005 in the United States, and one month later in the United Kingdom, with a slightly different track listing. In 2004, the album's release was preceded by two singles and the Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape. M.I.A. wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the album, while collaborators included Justine Frischmann, Switch, Diplo, Richard X, Ant Whiting and Greg "Wizard" Fleming.
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Character
Contemporary, grave, character-led and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 88/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Christgau's Consumer GuideA
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- SpinA
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Tracks
- 1Banana Skit0:36
- 2Pull Up the People3:42
- 3Bucky Done Gun3:45
- 4Sunshowers3:14
- 5Fire, Fire3:27
- 6Dash the Curry Skit0:38
- 7Amazon4:16
- 8Bingo3:10
- 9Hombre4:00
- 10One for the Head Skit0:29
- 1110 Dollar3:59
- 12U.R.A.Q.T2:54
- 13Galang / M.I.A.7:21
- 14Do Ya?3:22
14 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- M.I.A.
- Released
- March 22, 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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