Catch Thirtythree is the fifth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 16 May 2005 in Europe and on 31 May 2005 in North America, through Nuclear Blast. Catch Thirtythree entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 170.[9] The album is a single song, a continuous suite, with 13 movements. It exclusively used drum programming, leveraging Toontrack's EZDrummer software synthesizer with the "Drumkit from Hell" Expansion, instead of traditional acoustic drums.[10]
Catch Thirtythree | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 16 May 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
Studio | Fear and Loathing Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 47:18 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Meshuggah | |||
Meshuggah chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Alternative Press | [2] |
Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10[3] |
Blender | [4] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[5] |
Kerrang! | [6] |
PopMatters | 5/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10[8] |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Autonomy Lost" | 1:41 |
2. | "Imprint of the Un-Saved" | 1:36 |
3. | "Disenchantment" | 1:44 |
4. | "The Paradoxical Spiral" | 3:13 |
5. | "Re-Inanimate" | 1:04 |
6. | "Entrapment" | 2:29 |
7. | "Mind's Mirrors" | 4:30 |
8. | "In Death - Is Life" | 2:02 |
9. | "In Death - Is Death" | 13:22 |
10. | "Shed" | 3:35 |
11. | "Personae Non Gratae" | 1:47 |
12. | "Dehumanization" | 2:57 |
13. | "Sum" | 7:17 |
Total length: | 47:18 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 124 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 12 |
US Billboard 200[13] | 170 |