Dross Glop
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| Remix album by Battles | ||||
| Released | April 16, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, dance, EDM, minimal techno, hip hop | |||
| Length | 69:02 15:54 (Dross Glop 1) 14:33 (Dross Glop 2) 19:35 (Dross Glop 3) 17:35 (Dross Glop 4) |
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| Label | Warp Records | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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| Metacritic | (63/100) |
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| This Is Fake DIY | |
Dross Glop is a remix compilation album by American experimental rock band Battles. It was released on April 16, 2012, and compiles remixes (on one CD/in one album download) by different artists of Battles' songs from Gloss Drop (2011), eleven of which were originally released over a series of four 12-inch singles. The CD (and MP3) compilation includes a remix of "Sundome" which was not included on any of the vinyl releases.
The four 12" singles were numbered from 1 to 4, and were announced on Battles' website and Facebook page, and released from February (the first on February 6/7 internationally and in the US, respectively) to April 2012. The final part, Dross Glop 4, was released on Record Store Day 2012 (April 21), following the release of this compilation.
The album title is a spoonerism of the title of the band's album Gloss Drop, which the original versions of the songs remixed are from. All four of the vinyl sleeves and the compilation's cover are also based on the initial art for Gloss Drop, intermixing different colored paints on the pink of the original sculpture.
Dross Glop has mostly received mixed to positive reviews, with a score of 63/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".musicOMH summarised that the album was "unchallenging territory" for the band, giving it three out of five stars.
Slant Magazine's Kevin Liedel, in a two-out-of-five stars review, opined that "while the album's contributors lean in a well-intentioned direction, preferring organic, innovative methods over simply pasting some vocal lines and guitar riffs on top of standard, synth-driven BPMs, Dross Glop is, at best, uneven," also calling it "scattershot, meandering, awkward, and often boring".
PopMatters' John Garratt said, "The best remix albums can capture the listener's imagination and take it down bold new paths. But in this case, if you want bold imagination, you really should side with the original Gloss Drop."
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