Bleeds (Roots Manuva album)

Bleeds is the ninth studio album by English rapper Roots Manuva. It was released on 30 October 2015 on the Big Dada label.

Bleeds
Studio album by Roots Manuva
Released	30 October 2015
Genre	Hip hop
Length	40:40
Label	Big Dada
Roots Manuva chronology
4everevolution (2011) Bleeds (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	[2]
Exclaim!	8/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	[5]
The Observer	[6]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80% based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

In a positive review for Exclaim!, Kyle Mullin wrote that "His rhymes are so layered and rapid that they are all but indecipherable, giving them endless rewind value," further stating that "these features make Bleeds a dense, dark, demanding listen. But patient, socially conscious audiences will not only find it compelling, but galvanizing too."[3] Noel Gardner of NME gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "To borrow one of his old album titles, this is awfully deep."[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Bastards"	5:18
2.	"Crying"	3:03
3.	"Facety 2:11"	2:43
4.	"Don't Breathe Out"	3:20
5.	"Cargo"	4:15
6.	"Stepping Hard"	5:19
7.	"Me Up!"	3:46
8.	"One Thing"	3:48
9.	"I Know Your Face"	5:22
10.	"Fighting For?"	3:46

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	51

References

1. "Bleeds by Roots Manuva". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. "Roots Manuva - Bleeds Diverse and imaginative..." www.clashmusic.com. Clash Music. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
3. Mullin, Kyle (October 28, 2015). "Roots Manuva - Bleeds". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
4. The Guardian
5. Gardner, Noel (29 October 2015). "Roots Manuva – 'Bleeds'". NME. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
6. The Observer
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

External links

• Bleeds at Discogs (list of releases)