- hip hop
- 73 min
- 13 tracks
- MCA Records
Electric Circus is the fifth studio album by American rapper Common, released on December 10, 2002, on the now-defunct MCA Records. The album was highly anticipated and praised by many critics for its ambitious vision.
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Character
Contemporary, spare, grave and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 80/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Blender2/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Spin6/10
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracks
- 1Ferris Wheel2:48
- 2Soul Power4:39
- 3Aquarius4:54
- 4Electric Wire Hustler Flower5:55
- 5The Hustle4:21
- 6Come Close4:35
- 7New Wave5:08
- 8Star *69 (PS With Love)5:30
- 9I Got a Right Ta4:55
- 10Between Me, You & Liberation6:23
- 11I Am Music5:22
- 12Jimi Was a Rock Star8:32
- 13Heaven Somewhere10:24
13 tracks, 73 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Common
- Label
- MCA Records
- Released
- 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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