Mirrored is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Battles. It was released on May 14, 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on May 22, 2007 in the United States. "Mirrored" marked the first album in which the band incorporated prominent vocals and lyrics into their songs, as previous extended plays by the band had been completely instrumental, with the exception of occasional beatboxing and wordless vocals on certain tracks. The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2007. "Mirrored" was released to wide critical acclaim and appeared on year-end best album lists from several publications, including "Time", "NME", "The Guardian", and Pitchfork Media.
Reception.
"Mirrored" was widely acclaimed upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 31 reviews. The album placed ninth in "The Wire"'s annual critics' poll. Online music magazine "Pitchfork" later placed "Mirrored" at number 105 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. The single "Atlas" was ranked at number 42 on "Pitchfork"'s top 500 tracks of the 2000s list. In October 2011, "NME" placed "Atlas" at number 54 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
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