808's & Heartbreak (Limited Edition Digipak)
by Kanye West$11.95 Free Shipping
- Released
- 24/11/08
- Music Genre
- Hip Hop
Description
Product Details
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- DEF JAM
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 2008
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2008
- Cast & Crew
- Kanye West (Music Performer)
Press Reviews
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. Blender (Magazine) (p.82)
Given the reduced palette with which Kanye is working, it's amazing there is such a spectrum of styles and influences covered. Clash (magazine) (p.102)
[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- Entertainment Weekly (p.71)
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. Mojo (Publisher) (p.104)
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. Rolling Stone (p.92)
[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. The Wire (p.66)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Say You Will
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Welcome to Heartbreak
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Heartless
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Amazing
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Love Lockdown
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Paranoid
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Robocop
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Street Lights
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Bad News
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See You in My Nightmares
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Coldest Winter
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Pinocchio Story (Freestyle Live from Singapore)
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Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak Website Link
