Bad Time Zoo

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Bad Time Zoo
Sims - Bad Time Zoo (album cover).png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2011 (2011-02-15)
Genre Hip hop, alternative hip hop
Length52:25
Label Doomtree Records
Producer Lazerbeak
Sims chronology
Lights Out Paris
(2005)
Bad Time Zoo
(2011)
More Than Ever
(2016)
Singles from Bad Time Zoo
  1. "Burn It Down"
    Released: 2010 (2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alarmfavorable [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Scene Point Blank8.4/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 [9]
Urb Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Bad Time Zoo is the second studio album by American rapper Sims, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released on Doomtree Records on February 15, 2011. [11] The album is entirely produced by Lazerbeak. [12]

Contents

Sims told an interviewer for RapReviews that he had originally titled the album The Veldt, inspired by the Ray Bradbury short story, "because a lot of the songs use animal imagery as metaphors for human interactions." [13]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Bad Time Zoo received an average score of 79% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

The single, "Burn It Down", was listed by KEXP-FM as their "Song of the Day" on June 24, 2011. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Future Shock"4:13
2."Burn It Down"2:55
3."Bad Time Zoo"2:42
4."Too Much" (featuring P.O.S)3:29
5."One Dimensional Man"3:15
6."In My Sleep"3:01
7."When It Rolls In"3:43
8."Good Times"3:01
9."LMG"3:13
10."The Veldt"3:15
11."Weight"2:51
12."Radio Opaque"3:54
13."Sink or Syncopate"4:24
14."Hey You"3:24

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 69

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