For Hero: For Fool

For Hero: For Fool is the second studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2006. "The Mercury Craze" was released as a single from the album.[6]

For Hero: For Fool
Studio album by Subtle
Released	October 3, 2006
Genre	Hip hop
Length	51:09
Label	Lex Records
Producer	Subtle
Subtle chronology
A New White (2004) For Hero: For Fool (2006) Exiting Arm (2008)
Singles from For Hero: For Fool
"The Mercury Craze" Released: 2006

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	85/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Stylus Magazine	B+[5]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates."[2] Neal Hayes of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "the Oakland-based group presents a futuristic musical vision that is vivid, unsettling, and, above all, distinctive."[4]

OC Weekly included it on the "Album Covers of the Year" list.[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Tale of Apes I"	3:18
2.	"A Tale of Apes II"	2:13
3.	"Middleclass Stomp"	4:14
4.	"Middleclass Kill"	4:36
5.	"Midas Gutz"	2:37
6.	"Nomanisisland"	4:20
7.	"The Mercury Craze"	4:40
8.	"Bed to the Bills"	4:50
9.	"Return of the Vein"	4:11
10.	"Call to Dive"	7:08
11.	"The Ends"	8:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Subtle

• Dax Pierson – vocals, harmonica
• Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass, acoustic bass
• Jordan Dalrymple – drums, guitar, synthesizer, vocals
• Jeffrey "Jel" Logan – drum machine
• Marty Kalani Dowers – woodwinds, synthesizer
• Adam "Doseone" Drucker – words, vocals, treatment, artwork

Technical personnel

• Subtle – recording
• Tony Espinoza – mixing

References

1. "For Hero: For Fool by Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. Brown, Marisa. "For Hero: For Fool - Subtle". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
3. Dahlen, Chris (October 5, 2006). "Subtle - for hero: for fool". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
4. Hayes, Neal (October 3, 2006). "Subtle: For Hero: For Fool". PopMatters. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
5. Rosenberg, Tal (December 15, 2006). "Subtle - For Hero: For Fool". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
6. "The Mercury Craze - Digital". Lex Records. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
7. Ferguson, Kevin (December 28, 2006). "Album Covers Of The Year 2006". OC Weekly. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

External links

• For Hero: For Fool at Discogs (list of releases)