Clouddead (album)

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Clouddead
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Studio album by
Clouddead
ReleasedMay 1, 2001 (2001-05-01)
Recorded1999–2000
GenreAbstract hip hop, psychedelic hip hop
Length73:35
LabelBig Dada, Mush
ProducerOdd Nosdam
Clouddead chronology
Clouddead
(2001) 		Ten
(2004)
Singles from Clouddead
  1. "Apt. A"
    Released: 2000
  2. "And All You Can Do Is Laugh."
    Released: 2000
  3. "I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again."
    Released: 2001
  4. "JimmyBreeze"
    Released: 2001
  5. "(Cloud Dead Number Five)"
    Released: 2001
  6. "Bike"
    Released: 2001

Clouddead (stylized as cLOUDDEAD) is the debut album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. It was released on May 1, 2001 on Big Dada in the United Kingdom[1] and on May 8, 2001 on Mush Records in the United States.[2]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
The Guardian4/5 stars[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
Stylus MagazineA[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes5/5[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 2014, it was described by Arron Merat of Fact as "a key touchstone for the North American hip-hop underground."[10]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
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[]

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References[]

  1. ^ "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "MH-206: cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Mush Records. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Pytlik, Mark. "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Wyse, Pascal (May 18, 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD (Big Dada)". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Chick, Stevie (May 7, 2001). "cLOUDDEAD : cLOUDDEAD". NME. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Dare, Christopher (April 24, 2001). "cLOUDDEAD: cLOUDDEAD". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Jarvis, Clay (September 1, 2003). "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  8. ^ Amneziak. "cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  9. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (July 1, 2001). "CLOUDDEAD – CLOUDDEAD". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  10. ^ 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.

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