| Pretty Ugly | ||||
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| Released | 2012 | |||
| Recorded | London, UK, Cape Town, South Africa and Atlanta, USA. | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 44:00 | |||
| Label | Hyperdub [1] | |||
| Scratcha DVA chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 8/10 [3] |
| NME |    [4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10 [5] |
Pretty Ugly is the debut studio album by Scratcha DVA. [6] It was released 19 March 2012 through Hyperdub. [7]
It was recorded in London, Cape Town, and Atlanta.[ citation needed ]
Pitchfork wrote that the album "wears its polemical heart on its sleeve, offering a manifesto for an approach to dance music that looks askew, glances awry, and always moves out of kilter." [5] The Quietus wrote that Pretty Ugly contains "a decent scattering of funky-ish house tracks," while allowing Scratcha DVA the opportunity to be more "stylistically divergent." [8] BBC Music called it "an exhilarating debut album from Leon Smart’s DVA alias, full of complexity." [9] Exclaim! wrote that the album's "decidedly upbeat atmosphere dodges any pattern or semblance." [10]
All tracks are written by Leon Smart.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reach the Sun" | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Just Vybe" (featuring Fatima) | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Polyphonic Dreams" | 4:58 |
| 4. | "Pretty Ugly" (featuring Cornelia) | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Bare Fuzz" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Madness" (featuring Viktar Dupleix) | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Fire Fly" (featuring Zaki Ibrahim) | 2:42 |
| 8. | "Why You Do?" (featuring A.L.) | 2:24 |
| 9. | "The Big 5ive" | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Eye Know" (featuring Natalie Maddix) | 5:37 |
| 11. | "33rd Degree" (featuring Muhsinah) | 3:48 |
| 12. | "Where I Belong" | 3:46 |
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