Midtown 120 Blues (studio album)
by DJ Sprinkles

Midtown 120 Blues by DJ Sprinkles
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-08-09
Overall rank: 8,073rd   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 29 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 2008 (135th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,410th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,073rd)

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The best album by Terre Thaemlitz is Midtown 120 Blues which is ranked number 8073 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 154.

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Overall rank: 8,073rd | 2000s rank: 1,410th | 2008 rank: 135th

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From 10/10/2018 11:58 | #222312
The pinnacle of deep house, "Midtown 120 Blues" emphasises the hugely significant and forgotten cultural importance of house in its introductory track along with the hijacking of this queer culture created by people of colour (see: madonna's vogue) in "Ball'r" whilst deftly providing the tunes throughout. These aren't just bangers though, the ten tracks evoke a huge range of deeply felt emotions, and with that I have absolutely no issue in calling this a landmark record.

"The House Nation likes to pretend clubs are an oasis from suffering, but suffering is in here with us. The contexts from which the Deep House sound emerged are forgotten: sexual and gender crises, transgendered sex work, black market hormones, drug and alcohol addiction, loneliness, racism, HIV, ACT-UP, Thompkins Sq. Park, police brutality, queer-bashing, underpayment, unemployment and censorship - all at 120 beats per minute. These are the Midtown 120 Blues."
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From 01/10/2015 02:22 | #131198
Good album, it works great as a background techno album. Nice flow. The intro and "Midtown 120 Blues" combo work perfectly together.
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