Preparations (album)

Preparations
Studio album by Prefuse 73
Released	October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
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]

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

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. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
4. MacFarlane, Richard (October 11, 2007). "Album Review: Prefuse 73 - Preparations". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. 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)