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Exiting Arm
Studio album by Subtle
Released	May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:01
Label	Lex Records
Producer	Subtle
Subtle chronology
For Hero: For Fool (2006) Exiting Arm (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B
Drowned in Sound	8/10
Pitchfork	8.3/10
PopMatters	7/10
The Skinny
Spin	7/10
The Stranger

Exiting Arm (stylized as ExitingARM) is the third studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2008. It is "the latest chapter in the story of Hour Hero Yes, the middle-class rapper whose rise and struggles are chronicled told on 2004's A New White and 2006's For Hero: For Fool."

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Christopher Bahn of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B, writing, "Musically, ExitingARM is just as layered, blenderizing beats, sampled electronic noise, and Doseone's easygoing, flowing words into a package that's sometimes electrifying and sometimes confounding." Eric Grandy of The Stranger said, "Throughout ExitingARM, frontman Doseone remains an inscrutable MC, quick-tongued and verbose, and an unassuming but surprisingly fluid singer, whispering melodies in multitracked reverb to contrast his sharper falsetto raps."

Pitchfork included it on the "Overlooked Records 2008" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Subtle

• Dax Pierson – vocals, Ableton Live (synthesizer, programming)
• Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass, acoustic bass
• Jordan Dalrymple – drums, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, programming
• Jeffrey "Jel" Logan – drum machine, drum programming
• Marty Kalani Dowers – woodwinds, synthesizer
• Adam "Doseone" Drucker – words, vocals, synthesizer, programming, artwork

Technical personnel

• Subtle – recording
• Jay Pellicci – mixing
• Mike Wells – mastering

References

1. ^ "Exiting Arm by Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
2. Brown, Marisa. "ExitingARM - Subtle". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
3. ^ Bahn, Christopher (May 19, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
4. Hamilton, Billy (May 14, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
5. ^ Dahlen, Chris (May 15, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
6. ^ Fairall, Jer (July 27, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". PopMatters. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
7. Brown, Ally (April 25, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". The Skinny. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
8. Reeves, Mosi (May 13, 2008). "Subtle, 'ExitingARM' (Lex)". Spin. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
9. ^ Grandy, Eric (May 8, 2008). "Album Review". The Stranger. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
10. Diver, Mike (June 13, 2008). "Subtle: overcoming odds in pursuit of silver linings". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
11. "Overlooked Records 2008". Pitchfork. July 21, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

External links

• Exiting Arm at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2008 albums
• Subtle (band) albums
• Lex Records albums