| Excavation | ||||
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| Studio album by The Haxan Cloak | ||||
| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 51:15 | |||
| Label | Tri Angle Records | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | (8.7/10) |
| Spin | (9/10) |
| Drowned in Sound | (7/10) |
Excavation is the second studio album by The Haxan Cloak, released on Tri Angle Records on April 16, 2013.
Excavation received some acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".Pitchfork named Excavation the 29th-best album of 2013, and Rolling Stone called it the 16th-best dance album of 2013.