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The Handler (album)

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The Handler
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Studio album by
Har Mar Superstar
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
Genre R&B, indie rock
Length40:13
Label Record Collection
Producer John Fields
Har Mar Superstar chronology
You Can Feel Me
(2002)		The Handler
(2004)		Dark Touches
(2009)
Singles from The Handler
  1. "DUI"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Body Request"
    Released: 2005

The Handler is the third solo studio album by Har Mar Superstar. It was released via Record Collection in 2004. It features contributions from Karen O, Michael Bland, Pete Thomas, and Holly Valance. [1] It peaked at number 68 on the UK Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Dotmusic 8/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 1.9/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Uncut 8/10 [11]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57% based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [3]

Jolie Lash of NME gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "Har Mar Superstar's best effort to date." [8] Johnny Loftus of Pitchfork gave the album a 1.9 out of 10, saying, "The Handler only meagerly amplifies what he was already doing, probably pleasing his no doubt respectable cadre of core followers, but handily turning off the rest of humanity." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Transit"3:36
2."Body Request"3:30
3."DUI"3:14
4."Cut Me Up"3:11
5."Sugar Pie"2:51
6."As (Seasons)"3:49
7."Save the Strip"3:49
8."O"3:09
9."Back the Camel Up"3:09
10."Bird in the Hand"3:18
11."Back in the Day"3:04
12."Alone Again (Naturally)"3:35

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 68

References

  1. ↑ Mulholland, Garry (September 4, 2004). "Har Mar Superstar: The belly of the beast" . The Independent . Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Har Mar Superstar". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Handler by Har Mar Superstar". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Handler - Har Mar Superstar". AllMusic . Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ He's got some solid grooves... but a lot of them are borrowed. [Sep 2004, p.136]
  6. ↑ O’Connell, Sharon (September 21, 2004). "Har Mar Superstar - 'The Handler'". Dotmusic . Archived from the original on September 23, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (September 2, 2004). "Har Mar Superstar, The Handler". The Guardian . Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  8. 1 2 Lash, Jolie (October 5, 2004). "Har Mar Superstar : The Handler". NME . Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. 1 2 Loftus, Johnny (September 15, 2004). "Har Mar Superstar: The Handler". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ His falsetto voice, cutesy pitched-up female backing vocals and playground chant hooks are the stuff of kiddy pop. [Oct 2004, p.123]
  11. ↑ Pristine production renders this as vital as anything by Justin Timberlake. [Oct 2004, p.104]
  12. ↑ Har Mar wraps glorious, melodic R&B styled hooks around lyrics that sound dangerously inappropriate coming out of the mouths of matrons in minivans. [Sep 2004, p.114]
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