- alternative rock, electro, electronic, indie rock
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- DGC Records
Maximum Balloon is the debut solo studio album by American musician and record producer Dave Sitek. It was released on September 21, 2010, via DGC/Interscope Records. Produced by Sitek himself, it features guest appearances from Aku of D.O.Z, Ambrosia Parsley, David Byrne, Holly Miranda, Karen O, Katrina Ford, Little Dragon and Theophilus London, as well as his TV on the Radio bandmates Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe.
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Character
Spare, contemporary, cool and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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Metacritic 76/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound8/10
- musicOMH4/5 ★
- NME3.5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.9/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- The Guardian4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Groove Me3:45
- 2Young Love3:29
- 3Absence of Light3:52
- 4If You Return4:24
- 5Shakedown3:35
- 6Communion4:17
- 7Tiger3:36
- 8The Lesson4:06
- 9Apartment Wrestling3:39
- 10Pink Bricks3:49
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Maximum Balloon
- Label
- DGC Records
- Released
- August 31, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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