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Fever's End (2011)

Where the lyrics of Fever's End take you, and where it was really made.

The title came from a fever rash on Tablo's child. His wife explained that the rash marks the most painful peak of an illness, and also a sign that the fever and body aches are finally ending.

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Album story

Overview

• Fever's End (Korean: 열꽃) is the first studio album by South Korean singer Tablo
• Released by YG Entertainment; the first solo album of Tablo outside Epik High
• Features Lee So-ra, Naul, Bong Tae-gyu and other artists
• Released in two parts of five songs each, on October 21 and November 1, 2011
• Originally planned as a single release on November 1, then split into two parts
• Physical album: one CD with 10 tracks in total
• Pre-release single "Airbag" featuring Naul, released October 14, 2011
• Title tracks "Bad" and "Tomorrow" reached number 1 on major South Korean online music charts

Background

• Tablo returned after a break of 1 year and 8 months caused by members' military enlistment and the academic forgery controversy
• Activities were fully suspended after the controversy resurfaced in May 2010
• Public activity resumed in May 2011 with two lectures, without specific comments on music
• YG Entertainment provided a manager and a vehicle to help his activities
• Yang Hyun-suk listened to his work tracks and proposed the album release
• A four-year contract with YG was announced on September 27, 2011
• The album contains many autobiographical stories from during and after the academic forgery controversy
• The title was chosen after Tablo's child broke out in a fever rash

Recording

• Tracks were made solely by Tablo from July 2010 to early 2011
• The songs were made without clear plans or goals because of the controversy at the time
• Composed at home on a single upright piano, with lyrics and melodies layered over it
• Minimalism was pursued during mixing by stripping away sources
• Synthesizers and computer sequencing were avoided in the later stage to keep the simple atmosphere

Cover

• Artwork credited to Kim Nam-pyo
• Design credited to Lee Hyun-ju and Jang Sung-eun

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Daniel Seonwoong Lee, known as Tablo, is a Canadian rapper, songwriter and record producer based in South Korea.
• Formed Epik High in 2001 with DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin after moving to South Korea.
• Founded the independent label Highgrnd, which housed Hyukoh and The Black Skirts.

Members

• Tablo leads and produces Epik High and has produced and co-written all of the group's songs.
• Epik High's members are Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz.

Career

• Epik High's debut album Map of the Human Soul came out in 2003 and sold poorly.
• Swan Songs and Remapping the Human Soul became major hits in South Korea.
• Pieces of You, a short story collection, sold 50,000 copies in its first week in Korea.
• Tablo's debut solo album Fever's End was released in 2011.
• Left the radio show Tablo's Dreaming Radio in 2016 after eleven years.
• Collaborated with Joey Badass, Gallant, Eric Nam and Jackson Wang.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Public and critics gave decent to positive reviews, praising lyric writing and emotional expression
• Part 2 received a string of negative feedback
• Naver Music: Part 2 averaged 7.3 out of 10 and was picked as Discovery of the Week for the third week of November 2011
• Rhythmer writer Lee Byung-joo gave it 4 out of 5 stars
• Lee Byung-joo praised the higher emotional waves of Part 1
• Lee Byung-joo criticized Part 2 for lacking room to fully fall into any one thing
• IZM writer Hong Hyuk-ui gave it 4 out of 5 stars
• Hong Hyuk-ui said Tablo's unique style had developed further and permeates the album
• Hong Hyuk-ui credited the featured vocalists such as Lee So-ra for the emotional delivery

Records

• Gaon Album Chart: debuted and peaked at number 12 in the third week of November 2011
• Gaon Album Chart monthly: ranked 23rd in November 2011
• US Billboard World Albums Chart: Part 2 reached number 2
• US and Canada iTunes Hip-Hop Chart: number 1
• US MTV IGGY: selected as 5th best debut album of the year worldwide
• Hiphopplaya Awards 2011: Album of the Year
• IZM: Selected Album of the Year (domestic)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title came from a fever rash on Tablo's child, the sign that the illness was ending.
• The baby voice at the end of "From the Bottom" is the real voice of his daughter when she first said "Papa".
• The first verse of "From the Bottom" is for his wife, and the second verse is for his daughter.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

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