Parts of Speech (album)
# Parts of Speech (album)

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |

Parts of Speech is the third studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records on June 25, 2013. An EP of remixes entitled Parts of Speech, Re-Edited was released on June 17, 2014.

## Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Parts of Speech received an average score of 78% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

It debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,800 copies in the United States.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Dessa, except "I'm Going Down" by Bruce Springsteen.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

* Dessa – vocals, piano, executive production, art direction
* Dustin Kiel – guitar, piano, programming, executive production
* Sean McPherson – acoustic bass, electric bass
* Joey Van Phillips – drums, percussion, vibraphone
* Paper Tiger – production (on 2, 3 and 8)
* Lazerbeak – production (on 4 and 7), executive production
* Rebecca Arons – cello
* Nick Ogawa – cello
* Jessy Greene – violin
* Scott Agster – trombone
* Gabriel Douglas – vocals
* Aby Wolf – vocals
* Benjamin Burwell – vocals
* Mayda – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming
* Emily Dantuma – sampled cello
* Jake Wallenius – sampled drums
* Joe Mabbott – mixing, engineering
* Brady Moen – additional engineering, additional editing
* Bruce Templeton – mastering
* Kai Benson – art direction, design
* Bill Phelps – photography

## Charts

| Chart | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard 200 | 74 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 19 |
| US Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 8 |
