Tarot Sport is the second studio album by Fuck Buttons

Fuck Buttons

Fuck Buttons are a two-piece electronic group formed in Bristol in 2004 by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power.-Biography:Hung and Power grew up in Worcester. Hung was influenced by Aphex Twin, while Power was a fan of Mogwai. They developed a friendship in 2004 while attending art school in...

. The album was released on October 14, 2009, in the UK and on October 20 in the US. The album was leaked online on September 14, 2009. The songs "Surf Solar" and "Olympians" were released as singles.

Track listing

1. "Surf Solar" - 10:34
2. "Rough Steez" - 4:44
3. "The Lisbon Maru" - 9:19
4. "Olympians" - 10:54
5. "Phantom Limb" - 4:49
6. "Space Mountain" - 8:44
7. "Flight of the Feathered Serpent" - 9:31

Critical reception

Tarot Sport was met with positive critical reviews, with Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound

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 saying that "If it doesn’t necessarily resonate with the times, it ought to resonate by dint of sheer, joyous momentum". On review aggregator Metacritic

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, the album was awarded a score of 84 out of 100 based on 21 professional reviews. With a score of 8.3, it is also an AnyDecentMusic?

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 Chart Topper.

Many publications ranked Tarot Sport on their end of year lists, including:

• 1st - Urban75
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• 3rd - Gigwise
• 5th - Drowned in Sound
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• 8th - Mojo
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• 8th - NME
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• 11th - Pitchfork Media
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• 11th - Resident Advisor
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• 21st - Rhapsody
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• 30th - Q
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