Parts of Speech (album)

Parts of Speech is the third studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records on June 25, 2013. An EP of remixes entitled Parts of Speech, Re-Edited was released on June 17, 2014.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Parts of Speech received an average score of 78% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

It debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,800 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Dessa – vocals, piano, executive production, art direction
• Dustin Kiel – guitar, piano, programming, executive production
• Sean McPherson – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Joey Van Phillips – drums, percussion, vibraphone
• Paper Tiger – production (on 2, 3 and 8)
• Lazerbeak – production (on 4 and 7), executive production
• Rebecca Arons – cello
• Nick Ogawa – cello
• Jessy Greene – violin
• Scott Agster – trombone
• Gabriel Douglas – vocals
• Aby Wolf – vocals
• Benjamin Burwell – vocals
• Mayda – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming
• Emily Dantuma – sampled cello
• Jake Wallenius – sampled drums
• Joe Mabbott – mixing, engineering
• Brady Moen – additional engineering, additional editing
• Bruce Templeton – mastering
• Kai Benson – art direction, design
• Bill Phelps – photography

Charts

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