Clouddead (album)
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Studio album by Clouddead | ||||
Released | May 1, 2001US) May 7, 2001 (UK) |
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Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
Genre | Abstract hip hop, experimental | |||
Length | 73:35 | |||
Label | Mush Records (US) Big Dada (UK) |
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Producer | Odd Nosdam | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Drowned in Sound | (7/10)[2] |
Exclaim! | (favorable)[3] |
NME | (8/10)[4] |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10)[5] |
Stylus Magazine | (A)[6] |
Clouddead (stylized as cLOUDDEAD) is the debut album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. It was released in 2001. It compiles the six 10-inch singles that the group had previously released on Mush Records over a period of two years. Each track on the album corresponds to one side of a single.
Reception
Mark Pytlik of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "It's menacing, it's enthralling, and it's one of few modern-day records (hip-hop or otherwise) that honestly doesn't sound like anything -- or anyone -- else."[1]
Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! felt that "Clouddead follows more along the lines of Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart than it does hip-hop, but it remains rooted at all times in beats and samples."[3] Stevie Chick of NME said: "This music takes the most abstract fallout of trip-hop as its starting point, working in white noise, telephone pranks and post-rock textures to create a disorientating mush you'll spend weeks getting lost in."[4]
In 2014, it was described by Arron Merat of Fact as "a key touchstone for the North American hip-hop underground."[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Apt. A (1)" (featuring Illogic) | 6:25 |
2. | "Apt. A (2)" | 5:52 |
3. | "And All You Can Do Is Laugh. (1)" | 5:34 |
4. | "And All You Can Do Is Laugh. (2)" (featuring DJ Signify) | 5:51 |
5. | "I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again. (1)" (featuring Sole) | 5:45 |
6. | "I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again. (2)" | 6:01 |
7. | "JimmyBreeze (1)" (featuring The Wolf Bros.) | 7:01 |
8. | "JimmyBreeze (2)" | 5:32 |
9. | "(Cloud Dead Number Five) (1)" (featuring Mr. Dibbs) | 5:24 |
10. | "(Cloud Dead Number Five) (2)" (featuring Mr. Dibbs) | 6:00 |
11. | "Bike (1)" (featuring The Bay Area Animals) | 7:12 |
12. | "Bike (2)" (featuring The Bay Area Animals) | 6:53 |
Personnel
- Yoni Wolf (Why?) - voice, sampler, lyrics
- Adam Drucker (Doseone) - voice, sampler, lyrics
- David Madson (Odd Nosdam) - sampler, voice, production
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