Drum 'n' Bass for Papa

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Drum 'n' Bass for Papa
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Studio album by
Released29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Genre Drum and bass, electronica
Length79:43
Label Blue Angel
Producer Plug
Plug chronology
Plug 3
(1995)
Drum 'n' Bass for Papa
(1996)
Me & Mr. Sutton
(1997)
Alternative cover
Drumnbassforpapaspecial.jpg
Special Edition version cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
(Original version)
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AllMusic
(Nothing Records version)
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Muzik Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
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Pitchfork 9.5/10 [5]
Spin 8/10 [6]

Drum 'n' Bass for Papa is a studio album by Luke Vibert, released under the alias Plug. It was originally released by Blue Planet Recordings in 1996, and in 1997 on Trent Reznor's Nothing Records with the bonus addition of Vibert's previous three Plug EPs.

Contents

NME listed it as the 33rd best album of 1996. [7] Writing for Chicago Reader , Peter Margasak listed it as the 9th best album of 1996. [8]

Release

Originally released by Blue Planet Recordings in 1996, the album has gone through several different releases.

The first was a CD release with an additional bonus disc, titled Drum 'n' Bass for Papa + Special Edition CD, released in 1997. It had different cover art and the discs were colored dark blue instead of the original sepia tone. [9]

The album was released again on Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records on 9 September 1997. It was a double album on CD, which included the songs from the previously released EPs. This version of the album had the same cover as the Special Edition version but changed "Special Edition CD" to "Plug EP's 1, 2 & 3" for the title. It was released under the title Drum 'n' Bass for Papa + Plug EP's 1, 2 & 3. The other difference in this version was that the import included the track "The Life of the Mind", which wasn't included on the album due to problems with a sample clearance. [1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Luke Vibert.

Original version
No.TitleLength
1."Me & Mr Jones"7:07
2."Drum 'n' Bass for Papa"7:20
3."Cut"7:18
4."Feelings"9:15
5."I Freak Techniques"7:29
6."The Life of the Mind"8:10
7."Subtle (In Your Face)"8:15
8."Delicious"7:43
9."DBC"8:56
10."Maker of All"8:10
Special Edition version bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Cut ('97 Remix)"8:07
2."Brave Lick"8:17
3."Versatile"7:58
4."Tuff Rinse"10:31
5."Crib Funk"4:52
Nothing Records version
No.TitleLength
1."Me & Mr. Jones"7:07
2."Drum 'n' Bass for Papa"7:20
3."Cut ('97 Remix)"8:02
4."Feelings"9:15
5."I Freak Techniques"7:30
6."Delicious"7:43
7."DBC"8:56
8."Maker of All"8:09
9."A Subtle Blend"8:35
Nothing Records version bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."6.07"6:02
2."7.44"7:42
3."7.10"7:11
4."3.41"3:42
5."Military Jazz"7:37
6."Pitch Bender"5:12
7."Cheesy (Gigolo Mix)"4:57
8."Cheesy (Amen Mix)"4:58
9."Brave Lick"8:20
10."Tuf Rinse"7:58
11."Versatile"10:29

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