Modus Operandi (Photek album)

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Modus Operandi
Modus Operandi (Photek album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Released9 September 1997 (1997-09-09)
Genre Drum and bass [1]
Length70:12
Label Astralwerks
Producer Photek
Photek chronology
Risc vs. Reward
(1997)
Modus Operandi
(1997)
Form & Function
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Muzik 9/10 [4]
NME 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork 9.3/10 (1997) [6]
8.8/10 (2024) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Modus Operandi is the debut studio album by British drum and bass artist Photek. It was released on 9 September 1997 on the Virgin Records sublabel Science in Europe and on Astralwerks in the US.

Contents

In 2012, Fact placed it at number 81 on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the 1990s". [9] In 2013, Spin named it one of the 20 best Astralwerks albums. [10]

Track listing

Modus Operandi track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Hidden Camera"6:48
2."Smoke Rings"6:27
3."Minotaur"5:20
4."Aleph 1"8:40
5."124"6:59
6."Axiom"6:01
7."Trans 7"7:50
8."Modus Operandi"7:04
9."KJZ"7:48
10."The Fifth Column"7:09

Charts

Chart performance for Modus Operandi
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 87
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 51
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 30

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