Maid of Gold

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/maid-of-gold-mw0000040779|title=Maid of Gold - Villain Accelerate|website=AllMusic|first=Jason|last=MacNeil|access-date=September 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119194808/http://www.allmusic.com/album/maid-of-gold-mw0000040779|archive-date=November 19, 2014|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2score = mixed{{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/villain_accelerate-maid_of_gold|title=Villain Accelerate - Maid of Gold|work=Exclaim!|first=Noel|last=Dix|date=September 1, 2003|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021093109/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/villain_accelerate-maid_of_gold|archive-date=October 21, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.360/title.villain-accelerate-maid-of-gold|title=Villain Accelerate - Maid of Gold|magazine=HipHopDX|author=J-23|date=January 1, 2004|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020041338/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.360/title.villain-accelerate-maid-of-gold|archive-date=October 20, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = The Milk Factory

| rev4score = 4.7/5{{cite web|url=http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/reviews/villainaccelerate_maidofgold.htm|title=VILAIN ACCELERATE - Maid Of Gold|work=The Milk Factory|date=October 2003|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929041330/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/reviews/villainaccelerate_maidofgold.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2006|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Splendid Magazine

| rev5score = mixed{{cite web|url=http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1068927294245861|title=Villain Accelerate: Maid of Gold|work=Splendid Magazine|first=Jason|last=Jackowiak|date=November 29, 2003|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104180846/http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1068927294245861|archive-date=January 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/villain-accelerate-maid-gold|title=Villain Accelerate - Maid of Gold|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|author=Chadwicked|access-date=September 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020041559/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/villain-accelerate-maid-gold|archive-date=October 20, 2022|url-status=live}}

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Jason MacNeil of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, writing, "This album is a bizarre and challenging blend of effects, styles, and eerie feel that seeps into the listener early on." J-23 of HipHopDX gave the album a 6 out of 10, stating that "Maid of Gold is pretty straight forward, plenty of hard-hitting, rigid drums surrounded by various dark and moody samples." He added, "Most of the tracks don't vary much as they play and the murky atmosphere remains consistent." Noel Dix of Exclaim! wrote, "Using quiet drum sequences and a lot of piano and live instrumentation, Maid of Gold is a very low-key affair and sometimes fails to grab your attention as it can be easy to nod off and let yourself become distracted as the beats could be drowned out by a whisper." Chadwicked of Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Atmospheric noises lead into songs, prior to layers of bass, guitar, piano, and other random instruments which gracefully get placed into the mix." He added, "Sixtoo and Stigg exhibit cohesive sample layering, done so well that it rivals that of Mr. Josh Davis."

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Sixtoo and Stigg of the Dump

| title1 = Table of Context

| length1 = 4:48

| title2 = Maid of Gold

| length2 = 4:56

| title3 = Things Told

| length3 = 5:24

| title4 = Paper, Boxcutter, Rock

| length4 = 3:41

| title5 = Postcards

| length5 = 5:01

| title6 = Duppies

| length6 = 2:15

| title7 = Cracktivity

| length7 = 4:04

| title8 = Revisit

| length8 = 2:07

| title9 = Herd Whispers

| length9 = 2:39

| title10 = Rookie Card

| length10 = 2:12

| title11 = Worried.Look

| length11 = 2:42

| title12 = Laurels Canyon

| length12 = 3:24

| title13 = Pitch.Control

| length13 = 2:11

| title14 = Surgery

| length14 = 3:35

| title15 = Verify

| length15 = 1:55

| title16 = When I Was Your Age

| length16 = 2:20

| total_length = 53:24

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Sixtoo – production, recording, compiling, mixing
• Stigg of the Dump – production, recording, compiling, mixing
• P-Love – turntables (1, 4, 9, 11, 12), Rhodes piano (3, 9, 11, 14, 16)
• Matt Kelly – guitar (2, 3, 9), bass guitar (9)
• Shane Ward – bass guitar (2)
• Warren Spicer – bass guitar (5), Rhodes piano (5)
• Other – illustration

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Category:2003 debut albums

Category:Mush Records albums

Category:Villain Accelerate albums