Clouddead (album)
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Clouddead (stylized as cLOUDDEAD) is the debut album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. It was released on Mush Records and Big Dada in 2001.[2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[6] |
| Stylus Magazine | A[7] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 5/5[8] |
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."[5] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "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."[9]
Clay Jarvis of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of A, saying, "No combination of adjectives could accurately portray what you'll hear and no second-hand gushing will prepare you for the immense pleasure that is sure to wash over you when you put this album on."[7] 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."[3]
In 2010, Cokemachineglow placed it at number 33 on the "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s" list.[10]
In 2014, it was described by Arron Merat of Fact as "a key touchstone for the North American hip-hop underground."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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?) – vocals
- Adam Drucker (Doseone) – vocals
- David Madson (Odd Nosdam) – production
References
- ^ "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "MH-206: cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Mush Records. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ a b Pytlik, Mark. "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Wyse, Pascal (May 18, 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD (Big Dada)". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Chick, Stevie. "cLOUDDEAD : cLOUDDEAD". NME. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Dare, Christopher (April 24, 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ a b Jarvis, Clay (September 1, 2003). "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Amneziak. "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Quinlan, Thomas (July 1, 2001). "CLOUDDEAD – CLOUDDEAD". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (7)". Cokemachineglow. March 26, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Merat, Arron (November 7, 2014). "cLOUDDEAD: Dose One, Odd Nosdam and Why? look back at indie rap's defining moment". Fact. Retrieved May 29, 2017.