Two Parts Viper
{{Infobox album
| name = Two Parts Viper
| type = studio
| artist = '68
| cover = Two Parts Viper.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|06|02}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Christian rock|noise rock|blues rock}}
| length = {{Duration|m=32|s=23}}
| label = Good Fight, Cooking Vinyl
| producer = Matt Goldman, Josh Scogin
| prev_title = In Humor and Sadness
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Love Is Ain't Dead
| next_year = 2020
}}
{{Music ratings
| aggregate1 =
| aggregate1score =
| rev1 = Alternative Press
| rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Pettigrew|first1=Jason|title=‘68’s ‘Two Parts Viper’ brings the noise in the most righteous ways|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/68_two_parts_viper_review|website=Alternative Press|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=June 2, 2017}}
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev2score = (9/10){{cite web|last1=Wojcicki|first1=Lukas|title='68: Two Parts Viper|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/68-two_parts_viper|website=Exclaim!|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=May 31, 2017}}
| rev3 = Kerrang!
| rev4 = New Noise Magazine
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last1=Van Duser|first1=Natasha|title=Album Review: ’68 – Two Parts Viper|url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/review-68-two-parts-viper/#|website=New Noise Magazine|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=June 6, 2017}}
| rev5 = Rock Sound
| rev5score = (7/10){{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Jake|title='68 - 'Two Parts Viper'|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/68-two-parts-viper|website=Rock Sound|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=May 25, 2017}}
}}
Two Parts Viper is the second full-length studio album by '68. The album was released on June 2, 2017.
Background and composition
Vocalist and songwriter Josh Scogin said that the album "is a journey […] meant to be heard as a full statement from Track 1 to Track 10," and that the work is to be taken as a "package—the art, the music, the journey it took to get finished, the songs I deleted, the ones I kept, the struggles and the victories... It all had to happen just the way it did or this album would not exist the way it does."{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/exclusive-listen-to-the-new-album-from-68-two-parts-viper.html|title=Exclusive: Listen To The New Album From ‘68, Two Parts Viper|website=pastemagazine.com|accessdate=14 April 2019}}
On the album's title, Scogin said "I was in Australia last year and had a dream where a man in a nice suit and tie came up to me. I would fail if I wasn't two parts viper. The dream was terrifyingly parallel with my mental state and conflict at the time. Even the phrase he used in the dream, 'Two Parts Viper,' shared two different meanings as the dream progressed... it struck me as interesting, and so I used it for the title."{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/entertainmentlife/20171129/rock-needs-to-be-impulsive-68-frontman-talks-shop-ahead-of-canton-show|title='Rock needs to be impulsive': '68 frontman talks shop ahead of Canton show|first=B. J. Lisko Repository staff|last=writer|website=The Repository|accessdate=14 April 2019}}
Reception
Two Parts Viper has received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, Two Parts Viper has an aggregate score of 92 out of 100 indicating "universal acclaim".
Ear To The Ground Music described Two Parts Viper as "...a great follow-up record that matches the quality of 68's first, In Humor and Sadness... a hard rock party...a unique record that is difficult to categorize – like The Chariot with more jams, less distorted guitars, and a more relaxed feel."{{cite web|url=http://www.eartothegroundmusic.co/2017/10/10/68-craft-hard-sounds-on-their-new-two-parts-viper-album/|title=’68 Craft Hard Sounds On Their New "Two Parts Viper" Album|date=10 October 2017|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2019}}
Lucy Binetti of Paste wrote that Two Parts Viper "...takes the listener on a thrilling musical excursion from start to finish."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| total_length = 32:23
| title1 = Eventually We All Win
| length1 = 2:00
| title2 = Whether Terrified or Unafraid
| length2 = 3:01
| title3 = Without Any Words (Only Crying and Laughter)
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = This Life Is Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = No Montage
| length5 = 2:55
| title6 = No Apologies
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = The Workers Are Few
| length7 = 3:07
| title8 = Life Has Its Design
| length8 = 2:59
| title9 = Death Is a Lottery
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = What More Can I Say
| length10 = 4:02
}}
;Deluxe Edition
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Summertime Blues
| length11 = 3:29
| title12 = That's the Plan Anyway, Now Figure out How to Follow Through
| length12 = 2:40
| title13 = One Thing, However I Have Found to Be True
| length13 = 5:02
| title14 = Summertime Blues (Director's Cut)
| length14 = 4:03
}}
Charts
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! Chart (2017) ! Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|5|artist='68|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|22|artist='68|rowheader=true}} |