The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
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| Studio album by Matmos | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 61:28 (European version) | |||
| Label | Matador Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A |
| Drowned In Sound | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) |
| PopMatters | (7/10) |
| Slant Magazine |  |
| Stylus Magazine | B+ |
The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast is the sixth full-length album by Matmos. Each of the album's songs is dedicated to a notable gay or lesbian person who has influenced the duo, and this influence is reflected in the songs themselves. For examples, "Rag for William S. Burroughs" features the clatter of a type writer and a gunshot, representing the William Tell incident, and "Tract for Valerie Solanas" contains excerpts from the "SCUM Manifesto".
As with earlier releases, the duo make use of field recordings in the music, recordings that range from ordinary things to more absurd sounds, such as a recording of a bovine uterus. The album's title is taken from a line in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations.
The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast received positive reviews from music critics. Review aggregator website Metacritic gives it a score of 81 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim." Brandon Stosuy, writing for Pitchfork Media, wrote in a positive review that "there are a few moments when the concept's cooler than the result, but in general The Rose Has Teeth's experiments result in frenetic dance tracks doubling as reading lists."
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