Parts of Speech (album)

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.

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