A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
| A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure | ||||
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| Studio album by Matmos | ||||
| Released | March 13, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 46:17 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Almost Cool | (8/10) |
| The Milk Factory |  |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.8/10) |
A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure is a 2001 album by electronic music group Matmos. The album consists primarily of samples of medical procedures, including plastic surgeries, liposuctions, hearing tests and bonesaws. The album maintains a sense of humour in contrast with the serious nature of the audio being sampled. The exception to the medical samples is the song "For Felix (And All the Rats)", a piece dedicated to their deceased pet rat Felix, performed entirely on his cage.
The two members of Matmos, Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt, both had doctors as parents, a fact that likely influenced them in the album's creation. The album is sometimes considered a concept album within the glitch or musique concrète genre.
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