The Shakes

For delirium tremens, commonly known as "the shakes", see Delirium tremens. For other uses, see Shakes (disambiguation).

The Shakes is a studio album by British electronic musician Herbert. It was released under Accidental Records in 2015.

The Shakes
Studio album by Herbert
Released	1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
Genre	Electronic
Length	65:14
Label	Accidental Records
Producer	Matthew Herbert
Herbert chronology
Scale (2006) The Shakes (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	8/10[2]
The Irish Times	[3]
MusicOMH	[4]
Resident Advisor	3.5/5[5]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Shakes received an average score of 74% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "The Shakes is nonetheless brimming with alien sounds and left-field rhythms (culled from objects purchased on eBay), proving that even the most subdued Herbert release is still pretty damn fascinating."^[2] Daniel Paton of MusicOMH gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying: "It might be a return to dance music, but it's far from disposable."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Battle"	7:05
2.	"Middle"	4:32
3.	"Strong"	4:00
4.	"Smart"	4:13
5.	"Stop"	6:26
6.	"Ones"	1:16
7.	"Bed"	6:07
8.	"Even"	6:46
9.	"Safety"	4:27
10.	"Silence"	7:41
11.	"Warm"	2:17
12.	"Peak"	10:29