| Bad Vibes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 9, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 57:45 | |||
| Label | Friends of Friends | |||
| Producer | Shlohmo | |||
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Bad Vibes is the debut studio album by American electronic musician Shlohmo. It was released through Friends of Friends on August 9, 2011. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Beats Per Minute | 83% [3] |
| CMJ | favorable [4] |
| Consequence of Sound | B [5] |
| Exclaim! | favorable [6] |
| Fact |   [7] |
| Filter | 84% [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [9] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.5/5 [10] |
| Spin | 7/10 [11] |
| XLR8R | 7.5/10 [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]
David Dacks of Exclaim! gave the album a favorable review, describing Shlohmo as "a master sound artist with funky, song-oriented underpinnings making it all sound relevant." [6] Ari Lipsitz of CMJ commented that the album is "more melodic and less frenzied" in comparison with Flying Lotus' work. [4]
LA Weekly placed the album at number 6 on the "Top 10 Los Angeles Albums of 2011" list. [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Big Feelings" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Places" | 5:02 |
| 3. | "Anywhere but Here" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "It Was Whatever" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Parties" | 5:24 |
| 6. | "Just Us" | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Sink" | 5:08 |
| 8. | "I Can't See You I'm Dead" | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Trapped in a Burning House" | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Get Out" | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Your Stupid Face" | 4:45 |
| 12. | "Seriously" | 3:10 |
| 13. | "Same Time" | 5:45 |
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