By the Throat (Eyedea & Abilities album)

{{Music ratings

| MC = 76/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/by-the-throat/eyedea-abilities|title=By The Throat by Eyedea & Abilities|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228092335/http://www.metacritic.com/music/by-the-throat/eyedea-abilities|archive-date=February 28, 2011|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = BBC

| rev1score = favorable{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3p3n|title=Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat - Review|work=BBC|first=Alistair|last=Lawrence|date=2009|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211032015/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3p3n|archive-date=February 11, 2011|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = City Pages

| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/eyedea-and-abilities-by-the-throat-6722622|title=Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat|work=City Pages|first=Carl Atiya|last=Swanson|date=July 22, 2009|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208032500/http://www.citypages.com/music/eyedea-and-abilities-by-the-throat-6722622|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1223/title.eyedea-abilities-by-the-throat|title=Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat|work=HipHopDX|first=Andres|last=Tardio|date=July 23, 2009|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208042143/http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1223/title.eyedea-abilities-by-the-throat|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/110017-eyedea-abilities-by-the-throat/|title=Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat|work=PopMatters|first=Andrew|last=Dietzel|date=August 30, 2009|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207232549/http://www.popmatters.com/review/110017-eyedea-abilities-by-the-throat/|archive-date=December 7, 2015|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = URB

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?reviewid=1272|title=Eyedea & Abilities :: By The Throat|work=URB|first=Adam|last=Figman|date=July 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817000202/http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?reviewid=1272|archive-date=August 17, 2009|access-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Andrew Dietzel of PopMatters gave the album 9 stars out of 10, commenting that "By the Throat, succinct and emotive, is the perfect convergence of styles, attacking the listener's jugular with a powerful punk thrust, cynical observations, and an out-and-out assault on hip-hop's standards." Adam Figman of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Combined with newly found experiences, newly discovered self-awareness and newly refined skills, By the Throat catches this almost forgotten duo at a new height of their combined powers."

{{Track listing

| title1 = Hay Fever

| length1 = 2:20

| title2 = Spin Cycle

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Time Flies When You Have a Gun

| length3 = 1:44

| title4 = Burn Fetish

| length4 = 2:55

| title5 = Sky Diver

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = Junk

| length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Forgive Me for My Synapses

| length7 = 1:02

| title8 = This Story

| length8 = 2:33

| title9 = Factory

| length9 = 1:55

| title10 = Smile

| length10 = 4:02

| title11 = By the Throat

| length11 = 2:41

| total_length = 29:53

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Eyedea – vocals, lyrics, production (1, 5), keyboards (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), guitar (1, 3–6, 8–10), bass guitar (1, 9), drum programming (2, 10), percussion (2, 10), recording, mixing
• DJ Abilities – production, keyboards (1, 3, 4, 7), turntables (2, 4, 6–8, 10), bass guitar (3)
• JT Bates – drums (1)
• Jeremy Ylvisaker – guitar (2, 8, 11), bass guitar (2, 6), percussion (2)
• Casey O'Brien – bass guitar (4)
• Brian Johnson – mixing, mastering
• Michael Gaughan – artwork
• Siddiq – layout, design

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