Preparations (album)

Preparations is a studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2007.

Preparations
Studio album by Prefuse 73
Released	October 23, 2007
Genre	Electronic
Length	46:20
Label	Warp Records
Producer	Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73 chronology
Security Screenings (2006) Preparations (2007) Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	favorable[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
MusicOMH	favorable[5]
Pitchfork	5.3/10 (Preparations)[6] 7.1/10 (Interregnums)[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Spin	favorable[8]
Stylus Magazine	B+[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]

Unlike the 2006 EP, Security Screenings, Preparations is considered the proper follow-up to the 2005 album, Surrounded by Silence.

The album includes a 15-track bonus disc entitled Interregnums, which features "unheard explorations into orchestral soundtrack music", including compositions played by live musicians.

Track listing

Preparations

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From the East Intro"	0:31
2.	"Beaten Thursdays"	3:43
3.	"Aborted Hugs"	1:29
4.	"The Class of 73 Bells" (featuring School of Seven Bells)	4:58
5.	"Girlfriend Boyfriend"	3:22
6.	"Smoking Red" (featuring John Stanier)	2:55
7.	"Prog Version Slowly Crushed"	3:32
8.	"Noreaster Cheer"	2:30
9.	"Let It Ring"	3:08
10.	"17 Seconds Interlude" (featuring Tobias Lilja)	1:01
11.	"I Knew You Were Gonna Go"	4:01
12.	"Pomade Suite Version One"	5:46
13.	"Spaced + Dissonant"	4:14
14.	"Preparation Outro Version"	5:02
15.	"Recycled Suite" (Japanese edition bonus track)	5:07

Interregnums

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For Her Non-Place"	5:30
2.	"Preparation One"	0:45
3.	"Thorough Light"	3:45
4.	"Spacious and Dissonant Part 2"	6:50
5.	"Pitu"	5:18
6.	"Preparation Two"	0:49
7.	"Over Ensembles"	4:28
8.	"The Last"	4:40
9.	"Sunbeamstress"	2:09
10.	"Humidity Interlude"	1:35
11.	"The Ground We Lift"	3:23
12.	"Preparation Three"	0:56
13.	"Let It Ring Ensembles"	4:21
14.	"Out We Will Go"	2:15
15.	"Prepared as It Was"	4:57

References

1. "Preparations by Prefuse 73". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
2. "Preparations - Prefuse 73". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
3. Menze, Jill. "Preparations". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
4. MacFarlane, Richard (October 11, 2007). "Album Review: Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
5. Heywood, Tony (October 15, 2007). "Prefuse 73 – Preparations". MusicOMH. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
6. Dombal, Ryan (October 23, 2007). "Prefuse 73: Preparations". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
7. Dorr, Nate (October 24, 2007). "Prefuse 73: Preparations". PopMatters. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
8. Reeves, Mosi (November 20, 2007). "Prefuse 73, 'Preparations' (Warp)". Spin. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
9. McGarvey, Evan (October 19, 2007). "Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
10. Urban Guerilla (October 22, 2007). "Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

External links

• Preparations at Discogs (list of releases)