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Metacritic64/100
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Drowned in Sound8/10
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Pitchfork5.3/10 (Preparations) 7.1/10 (Interregnums)
PopMatters
Spinfavorable
Stylus MagazineB+
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Preparations is a studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2007.

Unlike the 2006 EP Security Screenings, Preparations is considered the proper follow-up to the 2005 album Surrounded by Silence.

The album includes a 15-track bonus disc entitled Interregnums, which features "unheard explorations into orchestral soundtrack music", including compositions played by live musicians.

Track listing

Preparations
No.TitleLength
1."From the East Intro"0:31
2."Beaten Thursdays"3:43
3."Aborted Hugs"1:29
4."The Class of 73 Bells" (featuring School of Seven Bells)4:58
5."Girlfriend Boyfriend"3:22
6."Smoking Red" (featuring John Stanier)2:55
7."Prog Version Slowly Crushed"3:32
8."Noreaster Cheer"2:30
9."Let It Ring"3:08
10."17 Seconds Interlude" (featuring Tobias Lilja)1:01
11."I Knew You Were Gonna Go"4:01
12."Pomade Suite Version One"5:46
13."Spaced + Dissonant"4:14
14."Preparation Outro Version"5:02
15."Recycled Suite" (Japanese edition bonus track)5:07
Interregnums
No.TitleLength
1."For Her Non-Place"5:30
2."Preparation One"0:45
3."Thorough Light"3:45
4."Spacious and Dissonant Part 2"6:50
5."Pitu"5:18
6."Preparation Two"0:49
7."Over Ensembles"4:28
8."The Last"4:40
9."Sunbeamstress"2:09
10."Humidity Interlude"1:35
11."The Ground We Lift"3:23
12."Preparation Three"0:56
13."Let It Ring Ensembles"4:21
14."Out We Will Go"2:15
15."Prepared as It Was"4:57

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