Perfect Hair (album)

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Perfect Hair
Perfect hair album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Busdriver
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
Genre Hip hop
Length46:55
Label Big Dada
Producer
Busdriver chronology
Beaus$Eros
(2012)		Perfect Hair
(2014)		 Thumbs
(2015)

Perfect Hair is the eighth studio album by American rapper Busdriver. [1] It was released on September 9, 2014, by Big Dada. [2] The album features guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Danny Brown and Open Mike Eagle, among others. [3] The cover art was painted by John Lurie. [4] Music videos were made for "Ego Death", [5] "Colonize the Moon", [6] "Eat Rich" [7] and "Motion Lines". [8]

Contents

On June 20, 2014, "Ego Death" was chosen by Consequence of Sound as one of their Top 10 Songs of the Week. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10 [10]
Metacritic 74/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Clash 7/10 [13]
Consequence of Sound B− [14]
Exclaim! 7/10 [15]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
PopMatters 7/10 [17]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]

Perfect Hair received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 10 reviews. [11]

Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound said: "Wild, insanely ambitious, and a bit inconsistent, Perfect Hair encodes and decodes the ideas, opinions, and deconstructions that can only come from Farquhar's brain." [14] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Perfect Hair contains all the usual reasons Busdriver is wonderful, just with a little more sugar baked in." [12] Grant Brydon of Clash said, "The rollercoaster ride of his delivery makes it an enjoyable experience rather than a textbook headache." [13] Matt Bauer of Exclaim! said, "A few duds abound, like the wearisome "Eat Rich", but the album ends strongly with the sci-fi-flavoured "Colonize the Moon". [15] Jack Dutton of musicOMH said, "Although this album is at times a difficult listen, you can't help but admire Busdriver for his innovation and general wackiness." [16] Nathan Stevens of PopMatters said, "Perfect Hair is no doubt a great album, but its tendency to fidget between ideas leaves it the idea of cohesion in a shallow grave." [17]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Retirement Ode" Busdriver 3:19
2."Bliss Point"Busdriver3:35
3."Ego Death" (featuring Aesop Rock and Danny Brown) Jeremiah Jae 6:00
4."Upsweep" Mono/Poly 4:28
5."When the Tooth-lined Horizon Blinks" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)Great Dane4:09
6."Motion Lines"Busdriver5:12
7."Eat Rich" Kenny Segal 3:08
8."King Cookie Faced (for Her)"Busdriver4:05
9."Can't You Tell I'm a Sociopath" (featuring VerBS)Mike Gao3:10
10."Colonize the Moon" (featuring Pegasus Warning)
  • Riley Lake
  • Busdriver
9:49
Perfect Hair bonus tracks
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
11."Joyce 1"Riley Lake4:17
12."How Your Sprinkler System Work" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien)
  • Busdriver
  • Candy Claw
2:56
13."Go Hard or Go Homogenous" (featuring P.O.S)Kenny Segal3:36
Vinyl and Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
14."Octagon"
4:22
Bandcamp bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
15."King Cookie Faced (for Hellfyre)" (featuring Open Mike Eagle and Milo)Greyhat6:08

Notes

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