Adventures in Foam

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Adventures in Foam
Cujo-Adventures in Foam.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre Breakbeat, trip hop, drum and bass, nu jazz
Length1:17:36(original CD)
Label Ninebar (UK; 1996)
Shadow Records (US; 1996)
Ninja Tune (re-release; 2002)
Producer Amon Tobin
Cujo chronology
Adventures in Foam
(1996)
Bricolage
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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Pitchfork Media (9.4/10) [4]

Adventures in Foam is the first album by Brazilian electronic musician Amon Tobin, and the only one to be released under the name Cujo (Portuguese for "whose"). [5] [6] It was first released in September 1996 on the small south London label Ninebar records. This was around the same time that Tobin signed with Ninja Tune to record under his own name.

Contents

Critical reception

The Stranger , in a retrospective article on Tobin, called the album a "triphop classic." [7]

Peter Shapiro, in Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide, called the album "a further exercise in jazz-based sampladelic quirkiness that was a bit too clever, a bit too blunted and bit too broad-minded to really work." [8]

Track listing

Original Ninebar edition

The track lists of the original CD and LP versions, as released in the UK on 16 September 1996, were as follows:

No.TitleLength
1."Adventures In Foam intro"1:49
2."Cat People"5:55
3."Northstar"6:09
4."Fat Ass Joint"5:42
5."Ol' Bunkhouse"5:47
6."Paris Streatham"4:57
7."A Vida"4:07
8."Traffic"5:52
9."Reef's Edge (Interval)"1:59
10."The Sighting"4:33
11."Break Charmer"4:09
12."The Method"6:26
13."On The Track"5:43
14."Cruzer" (includes an untitled hidden track which starts at 12:39 after 7 minutes of silence)14:28
Total length:1:17:36
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The Method"6:26
2."Ol' Bunkhouse"5:47
3."On The Track"5:43
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Cat People"5:55
2."Break Charmer"4:09
3."Fat Ass Joint"5:42
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."A Vida"4:07
2."Paris Streatham"4:57
3."North Star"6:09
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Traffic"5:52
2."The Sequel"7:53
3."Cruzer"14:28
Total length:1:17:08

US (Shadow Records) edition

Unapproved cover variant. Cujo adventures in foam cover.jpg
Unapproved cover variant.

The album was released in the United States, with an altered track listing and artwork unapproved by Tobin, by Shadow Records on 27 May 1997 – after the release of Tobin's first Ninja Tune album, Bricolage .

No.TitleLength
1."Adventures In Foam Intro" 
2."Traffic" 
3."The Light" 
4."Cat People" 
5."Paris Streatham" 
6."A Vida" 
7."Fat Ass Joint" 
8."The Brazilianaire" 
9."Northstar" 
10."Break Charmer" 
11."Clockwork" (mistitled as "The Sequel") 
12."Reef's Edge (Interval)" 
13."The Sighting" 
14."Cruzer" 

Ninja Tune reissue

The Ninja Tune edition adds six tracks to the original Ninebar edition.

No.TitleLength
1."Adventures In Foam intro"1:49
2."Cat People"5:55
3."Northstar"6:09
4."Fat Ass Joint"5:42
5."Ol' Bunkhouse"5:47
6."Paris Streatham"4:57
7."A Vida"4:07
8."Traffic"5:52
9."Reef's Edge (Interval)"1:59
10."The Sighting"4:33
11."Break Charmer"4:09
12."The Method"6:26
13."On The Track"5:43
14."Cruzer" (includes an untitled hidden track which starts at 12:39 after 7 minutes of silence)14:28
15."The Brazilianaire"6:20
16."4 or 6"5:40
17."Mars Brothers"5:06
18."Popsicle"4:37
19."The Light"5:15
20."The Sequel"7:52
Total length:1:51:26

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