Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak

The Wire: "[H]is lyrics he tempers with humour, and these enormous tracks, built like New Orleans blues-like dirges, have the soft touches of piano and chords given the full sustain."
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item number:  6A435
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CD Details

  • Released: December 1, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Roc-A-Fella

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.92
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Thankfully, there are those 808s. Kanye constructed the songs using a classic Roland TR-808 drum machine, and the results are a pleasant shock: stark, spacey tracks, which owe far more to Eighties electro and synth pop than anything on hip-hop radio."
Entertainment Weekly - p.71
"[H]is flair for wordplay remains gratifyingly intact....He offers this glimpse of the soul beneath the swagger, and we like him better for it." -- Grade: A-
The Wire - p.66
"[H]is lyrics he tempers with humour, and these enormous tracks, built like New Orleans blues-like dirges, have the soft touches of piano and chords given the full sustain."
Billboard (p.41) - "Sonically, West pushes the envelope by relying on the drum machine from which the album takes its title, as well as the ever-popular vocoder."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.104
4 stars out of 5 -- "808S AND HEARTBREAKS' bravery makes it compelling...it feels honest....It is his most fascinating, and bewildering, record to date."
Blender (Magazine) - p.82
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] chunk of emotional permafrost -- a beautiful soundtrack for a long, harsh winter....He's found a way to turn numbness into art."
Clash (Magazine) (p.102) - "Given the reduced palette with which Kanye is working, it's amazing there is such a spectrum of styles and influences covered."

Tracks:

  • 1.Say You Will
  • 2.Welcome to Heartbreak
  • 3.Heartless
  • 4.Amazing
  • 5.Love Lockdown
  • 6.Paranoid
  • 7.Robocop
  • 8.Street Lights
  • 9.Bad News
  • 10.See You in My Nightmares
  • 11.Coldest Winter
  • 12.[Untitled]
  • 13.[CD-Rom Track]

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  • Sales Rank: 21,621
  • UPC: 602517872790
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