Pretty Ugly (Scratcha DVA album)

Pretty Ugly
Studio album by Scratcha DVA
Released	2012
Recorded	London, UK, Cape Town, South Africa and Atlanta, USA.
Genre	Electronic
Length	44:00
Label	Hyperdub
Scratcha DVA chronology
Pretty Ugly (2012) NOTU URONLINEU (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10
NME
Pitchfork	6.4/10

Pretty Ugly is the debut studio album by Scratcha DVA. It was released 19 March 2012 through Hyperdub.

Production

It was recorded in London, Cape Town, and Atlanta.

Critical reception

Pitchfork wrote that the album "wears its polemical heart on its sleeve, offering a manifesto for an approach to dance music that looks askew, glances awry, and always moves out of kilter." The Quietus wrote that Pretty Ugly contains "a decent scattering of funky-ish house tracks," while allowing Scratcha DVA the opportunity to be more "stylistically divergent." BBC Music called it "an exhilarating debut album from Leon Smart’s DVA alias, full of complexity." Exclaim! wrote that the album's "decidedly upbeat atmosphere dodges any pattern or semblance."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leon Smart

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Reach the Sun"	3:45
2.	"Just Vybe" (featuring Fatima)	2:32
3.	"Polyphonic Dreams"	4:58
4.	"Pretty Ugly" (featuring Cornelia)	4:53
5.	"Bare Fuzz"	5:03
6.	"Madness" (featuring Viktar Dupleix)	3:10
7.	"Fire Fly" (featuring Zaki Ibrahim)	2:42
8.	"Why You Do?" (featuring A.L.)	2:24
9.	"The Big 5ive"	4:49
10.	"Eye Know" (featuring Natalie Maddix)	5:37
11.	"33rd Degree" (featuring Muhsinah)	3:48
12.	"Where I Belong"	3:46