Preparations (album)

Preparations
Studio album by Prefuse 73
Released	October 23, 2007
Genre	Electronica
Length	46:20
Label	Warp Records WARP129
Producer	Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73 chronology
Security Screenings (2006) Preparations (2007) Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC Collective	[2]
Drowned In Sound	(8/10) [3]
musicOMH.com	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(5.3/10) (Preparations) (7.1/10) (Interregnums) [5]
PopMatters	(6/10) [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[7]
This Is Fake DIY	[8]
Stylus	(B+) [9]

Preparations is the fourth full-length album by Prefuse 73, released on October 23, 2007 on Warp Records (see 2007 in music). Unlike the 2006 EP Security Screenings, Preparations is considered the proper follow-up to 2005's collaboration-heavy Surrounded by Silence. In contrast to that album, Preparations features only one guest vocalist.

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

1. "From the East Intro" – 0:31
2. "Beaten Thursdays" – 3:43
3. "Aborted Hugs" – 1:29
4. "Class of 73 Bells" – 4:58
   • Featuring School of Seven Bells
5. "Girlfriend Boyfriend" – 3:22
6. "Smoking Red" – 2:55
   • Featuring John Stanier
7. "Prog Version Slowly Crushed" – 3:32
8. "Noreaster Cheer" – 2:30
9. "Let it Ring" – 3:08
10. "17 Seconds Interlude" – 1:01
    • Featuring Tobias Lilja
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" (bonus track - Japan only) - 5:07

Interregnums

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. Allmusic review
2. BBC Collective 2007
3. Drowned in Sound review 2007
4. musicOhm review 2007
5. Pitchfork Media review 2007
6. PopMatters review 2007
7. Tiny Mix Tapes review 2007
8. This Is Fake DIY review 2007
9. Stylus review 2007

External links

• Prefuse 73 official website
• Preparations (album) at Metacritic
• Preparations & Interregnums at the Warp Records website
• "Class of 73 Bells" video at the Warp Records website