title: Parts of Speech (album)
text: # Parts of Speech (album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 78/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | The A.V. Club | B+ |
  
  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
  
  All tracks are written by Dessa, except "I'm Going Down" by Bruce Springsteen.
  
  ## 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
  
  | Chart | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard 200 | 74 |
  | US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 19 |
  | US Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 8 |
  