Shake the Shudder is the seventh studio album by American dance-punk group !!!, released on May 19, 2017, on Warp Records. The band described the album as a "fancy way of saying 'shake it off and dance your cares away.'"[1]

Shake the Shudder
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2017
GenreDance-punk, funktronica, alternative dance
Length49:25
LabelWarp
ProducerPatrick Ford
!!! chronology
As If
(2015)
Shake the Shudder
(2017)
Wallop
(2019)
Singles from Shake the Shudder
  1. "The One 2"
    Released: March 22, 2017
  2. "Dancing Is the Best Revenge"
    Released: May 3, 2017

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The A.V. ClubC+[4]
Clash3/10[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
Pitchfork7.3/10[7]

Shake the Shudder received generally positive reviews. On Metacritic, the album has received a weighted average score of 64, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews.[2] Stuart Berman of Pitchfork said that !!! "[have not] lost their flair for infusing peak-hour hysterics with sobering morning-after rumination."[7] However, in a far more critical review, Josh Gray of Clash described the album as "a terrible party bag: previous experience suggests that it should be full to the brim with party-poppers, balloons and dangerously sugary sweets but, in reality, all it contains is a few loose crayons and a small bar of vegan chocolate."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."The One 2"4:26
2."DITBR (Interlude)"0:48
3."Dancing Is the Best Revenge"4:41
4."NRGQ"4:30
5."Throw Yourself in the River"3:55
6."What R U Up 2Day?"4:27
7."Five Companies"3:59
8."Throttle Service"4:37
9."Imaginary Interviews"4:47
10."Our Love (U Can Get)"4:27
11."Things Get Hard"3:29
12."R Rated Pictures"5:19
Total length:49:25

Charts

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Chart performance for Shake the Shudder
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 153

References

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  1. ^ Fu, Eddie (March 22, 2017). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) announce new album, Shake the Shudder, share video for "The One 2" — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for Shake the Shudder by !!!". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Shake the Shudder - !!!". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ^ McLevy, Alex (May 19, 2017). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) tries to Shake The Shudder to no real purpose". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Gray, Josh (May 24, 2017). "!!! - Shake The Shudder". Clash. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Gormely, Ian (May 19, 2017). "!!! Shake The Shudder". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Berman, Stuart (May 24, 2017). "!!!: Shake the Shudder Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "!!!(チック・チック・チック)のアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 21, 2021.