Ten (Clouddead album)
Ten is the second album by American hip hop trio Clouddead.[3] It was released on Mush Records and Big Dada in 2004.[2]
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 8, 2004 (UK)[1] March 16, 2004 (US)[2] | |||
Recorded | 2001–2003 | |||
Genre | Abstract hip hop, cloud rap, psychedelic hip hop | |||
Length | 56:58 | |||
Label | Big Dada (UK) Mush Records (US) | |||
Producer | Odd Nosdam, Doseone, Why? | |||
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Singles from Ten | ||||
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Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The A.V. Club | favorable[6] |
CMJ New Music Report | favorable[7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
The Observer | [9] |
Pitchfork | 7.8/10[10] |
PopMatters | mixed[11] |
Stylus Magazine | C+[12] |
The Telegraph | favorable[13] |
The Village Voice | unfavorable[14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Ten received an average score of 74% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "A mish-mash of odd found sounds, woozy synths and hip hop beats form a bed for a collective scattershot collage of musings on love, life and mortality".[9] Ed Howard of Stylus Magazine said, "Having allowed hip-hop to fall pretty much entirely by the wayside, the trio has instead embraced the full strength of their abstract poetry and glitchy, junky, rock-informed musical landscapes."[12] Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, saying, "the strongest moments on Ten involve a sustain: sustained organ tones, long throbbing noises, stretches where the words trail off."[10]
In February 2004, The Observer listed "Dead Dogs Two" as the "Song of the Month".[15]
CMJ placed Ten at number 10 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list.[16] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 71 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[17]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pop Song" | 5:47 |
2. | "The Keen Teen Skip" | 5:19 |
3. | "Rhymer's Only Room" | 2:23 |
4. | "The Velvet Ant" | 2:49 |
5. | "Son of a Gun" | 5:48 |
6. | "Rifle Eyes" | 3:53 |
7. | "Dead Dogs Two" | 3:59 |
8. | "3 Twenty" | 3:01 |
9. | "Physics of a Unicycle" | 4:16 |
10. | "Our Name" | 19:40 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Yoni Wolf (Why?) – vocals, production
- Adam Drucker (Doseone) – vocals, production
- David Madson (Odd Nosdam) – production
References
- "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- "MH-230: cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Mush Records. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- Wheeler, Melissa (January 1, 2006). "CLOUDDEAD - Ten". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- "Ten by cLOUDDEAD". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Bush, John. "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Battaglia, Andy (March 23, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Weingarten, Christopher R. (March 1, 2004). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report: 4.
- Simpson, Dave (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD, Ten". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Woodcraft, Molloy (February 22, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: ten". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Dahlen, Chris (February 12, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Morris, David (March 25, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Howard, Ed (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- Thompson, Ben (March 8, 2004). "CD reviews: Squarepusher, Harry Connick Jr, Lionel Richie and more". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Harvell, Jess (February 10, 2004). "Billy-Goat-Gruff - Dada-rapper fails to keep trap shut". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- Mulholland, Garry (February 1, 2004). "'Dead Dogs Two' by cLOUDDEAD". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- "The CMJ Top 20 Albums of 2004". BrooklynVegan. December 21, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time: 71. cLOUDDEAD - Ten (Mush, 2003)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.