20 Odd Years

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20 Odd Years
20 Odd Years cover.jpg
Studio album by
Buck 65
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2011
Recorded2010
Genre Hip hop
Label WEA
Producer Charles Austin, Buck 65, Graeme Campbell, Emily Wells
Buck 65 chronology
Situation
(2007)		20 Odd Years
(2011)		 Neverlove
(2014)

20 Odd Years is an album by Canadian hip-hop artist Buck 65. It was released on February 1, 2011, and named in honor of his twentieth anniversary in the music industry. The album continued Buck 65's tradition of combining several different musical styles, and featured many different guest collaborators. [1]

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Richard Terfry, better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop artist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant-garde influences.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CHARTattack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A− [3]
PopMatters (7/10) [4]
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Toronto Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

20 Odd Years has received critical acclaim. Ross Langager of PopMatters gave it a seven out of 10 rating and called it "uneven but dynamic", complimenting Buck 65's "mix of subcultural influences" as "a dizzying, post-modern, multicultural stew". [4] In consumer guide for MSN Music, critic Robert Christgau gave 20 Odd Years an A- rating, [3] noting "Superstars Don't Love" and "Zombie Delight" as highlights, and commented that "Beholden to nobody's scene or purist myths, the Halifax-spawned, Toronto-based, Paris-savvy cult rapper makes beats his way—drum tracks of course, this is hip-hop like it or not, but with whatever on top, which here comes down to mostly female collaborators whose sonics subsume their considerable verbal input". [3]

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<i>MSN Music</i>

MSN Music is a part of MSN's web services. It delivers music news, music videos, spotlights on new music, artist information, and live performances of artists. The website also served as a digital music store from 2004 to 2008.

Robert Christgau American music journalist

Robert Thomas Christgau is an American essayist and music journalist. One of the earliest professional rock critics, he spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for The Village Voice, during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop poll. He has also covered popular music for Esquire, Creem, Newsday, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, Blender, and MSN Music, and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University.

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [7]

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2011 The winner was Arcade Fire, for the album The Suburbs.

Track listing

  1. "Superstars Don't Love"
  2. "Gee Whiz" (ft. Nick Thorburn)
  3. "Whispers of the Waves" (ft. Gord Downie)
  4. "Paper Airplane" (ft. Jenn Grant)
  5. "Stop" (ft. Hannah Georgas)
  6. "Zombie Delight"
  7. "Tears of Your Heart" (ft. Olivia Ruiz)
  8. "Cold Steel Drum" (ft. Jenn Grant)
  9. "Who By Fire" (ft. Jenn Grant)
  10. "She Said Yes"
  11. "BCC" (ft. John Southworth)
  12. "Lights Out"
  13. "Final Approach" (ft. Marie-Pierre Arthur)

Produced by Charles Austin, Buck 65, Graeme Campbell and Emily Wells. [8]

Emily Wells American violinist

Emily Wells is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer whose genres encompass alternative, experimental, and classical. While initially known for playing violin, she performs with diverse instruments in her work, including cellos, viola, and analog synthesizers. During her live performances she often samples live "using a series of live loops, sample pads and acoustic drums to make rich and haunting neo-gospel with layers of strings and vocal harmonies"; her most recent album features "dramatic, meticulous and gothic song".

20 Odd Years EPs

The album was preceded by a series of four EPs, released digitally and on 7" vinyl: 20 Odd Years, Vol. 1: Avant (released June 8, 2010); 20 Odd Years, Vol. 2: Distance (July 12, 2010); 20 Odd Years, Vol. 3: Albuquerque (August 10, 2010); and 20 Odd Years, Vol. 4: Cenotaph (September 14, 2010). The latter EP was withdrawn from availability, presumably due to copyright issues involving the unauthorized sampling of the Bronski Beat single, "Smalltown Boy." [9] The album primarily featured songs from these EPs, including a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Who By Fire", as well as two previously unreleased songs. Buck 65 later released an additional EP in the series titled 20 Odd Years Vol. 4: Ostranenie (November 21, 2011). [1]

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Smalltown Boy 1984 single by Bronski Beat

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Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.

20 Odd Years, Vol. 1: Avant

  1. "Gee Whiz" (feat. Nick Thorburn)
  2. "Who By Fire" (feat. Jenn Grant)
  3. "Superstars Don't Love"
  4. "Red Eyed Son"

20 Odd Years, Vol. 2: Distance

  1. "BCC" (feat. John Southworth)
  2. "Paper Airplane" (feat. Jenn Grant)
  3. "The Niceness"
  4. "Tears In Space"

20 Odd Years, Vol. 3: Albuquerque

  1. "Final Approach" (feat. Marie-Pierre Arthur)
  2. "Cold Steel Drum" (feat. Jenn Grant)
  3. "Lights Out"
  4. "Zombie Delight"

20 Odd Years, Vol. 4: Cenotaph

  1. "Smalltown Boy" (feat. Gentleman Reg)
  2. "She Said Yes"
  3. "Tears of Your Heart" (feat. Olivia Ruiz)

20 Odd Years, Vol. 4: Ostranenie

  1. "Days Go By" (feat. Jenn Grant)
  2. "Dolores" (feat. Marnie Herald)
  3. "Joey Bats"
  4. "Legendary"

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References

  1. 1 2 Hudson, Alex (2010-12-09). "Buck 65 Celebrates 20 Odd Years with Collaborations with Gord Downie, Nick Thorburn, Hannah Georgas". Exclaim! . Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  2. ↑ Brophy, Aaron (2011-01-31). "Buck 65 — 20 Odd Years". CHARTattack. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. 1 2 3 Christgau, Robert (11 March 2011). "Buck 65/M.I.A." MSN Music . Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 Langager, Ross (11 February 2011). "Buck 65: 20 Odd Years < PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Album Reviews (Buck 65, Monotonix and More)". canada.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  6. ↑ Rayner, Ben (2011-01-31). "No real change for Buck 65". thestar.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  7. ↑ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine . aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ "20 ODD Years - Buck 65 | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  9. ↑ http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/10/under-the-radar-buck-65.html
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