Gutter Tactics is an album by alternative hip hop duo dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in January 2009.

Gutter Tactics
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009[1]
Recordeddeadverse studios, Union City, New Jersey, US[2]
GenreAlternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, shoegazing, industrial hip hop
Length50:24
LabelIpecac
(IPC-084)
ProducerMC Dälek, Oktopus
Dälek chronology
Abandoned Language
(2007)
Gutter Tactics
(2009)
Untitled
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.6/10)[5]
Prefix(7/10)[8]
Slant MagazineCritical[6]
Spin(6/10)[7]

The intro track samples a controversial speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright.[5]

Track listing

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All tracks written by dälek.

No.TitleLength
1."Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Heads Against a Rock"1:24
2."No Question"4:40
3."Armed with Krylon"5:11
4."Who Medgar Evers Was..."8:03
5."Street Diction"5:28
6."A Collection of Miserable Thoughts Laced with Wit"3:21
7."Los Macheteros/Spear of a Nation"3:15
8."We Lost Sight"4:32
9."Gutter Tactics"4:38
10."2012 (The Pillage)"3:30
11."Atypical Stereotype"6:22

Personnel

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Band members[2]
  • MC Dälek – lead vocals, production and songwriting
  • Oktopus – production and songwriting
Other personnel[2]
  • Joshua Booth – songwriting and live overdubs
  • Destructo Swarmbots – live overdubs
  • Joe Kostroun – live overdubs
  • Johnny Vignault – live overdubs
  • Dean Rispler – live overdubs
  • Dev-One – additional vocals on "Atyical Stereotype"
Album art[2]
  • Paul Romano – art direction, artwork, design and Gutter Tactics Graffiti piece
  • Marco Burbano – Gutter Tag
  • Opiem – dälek graffiti piece
  • Alexandra Momin – New York City photos

References

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  1. ^ "Discography - Gutter Tactics". Ipecac Recordings. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c d Listing of the Gutter Tactics album on Discogs.com, (accessed March 15, 2015).
  3. ^ "Gutter Tactics by Dälek". Metacritic. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ a b Tangari, Joe (January 27, 2009). "Dälek - Gutter Tactics". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media.
  6. ^ Cataldo, Jesse (January 26, 2009). "Dälek: Gutter Tactics". slantmagazine.com.
  7. ^ Reeves, Mosi (January 16, 2009). "Dälek, 'Gutter Tactics' (Ipecac)". spin.com.
  8. ^ Burns, Patrick (April 17, 2009). "Album Review: Dalek - Gutter Tactics". prefixmag.com.