Quicksand | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 18, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2001–2002 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop Underground hip hop | |||
Length | 54:06 | |||
Label | Plague Language 2nd Rec | |||
Producer | Noah23 (exec.), Lovely, Naval Aviator, Ognihs, Orphan, Sseleman, Troubadour, Warhol | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
Exclaim! | (Positive) link |
Moving Hands | link |
No Ripcord | link |
UKHH | (Positive) link |
Urban Smarts | (64/100) link |
Urbnet | (Positive) link |
Quicksand is a 2002 album by Canadian-American alternative hip hop artist Noah23. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Most of the album's production was handled by Orphan, the Plague Language collective's most prolific producer at the time.
The track "Crypto Sporidian" was released as a split single with the track "Deadly Rays" from fellow Plague Language member Baracuda's debut album Tetragammoth . [7] Both tracks were produced by Orphan.
Allmusic gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. [8] Exclaim! wrote that the album "can rock the parties ("Digestive Enzymes"), the dance floors ("Resistance"), headphones ("Hourglass") and the art fags ("The Fall") all while maintaining a cohesive sound." [9]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Saw Palmetto" | Warhol | 3:04 |
2. | "Volapuk" | Orphan | 3:07 |
3. | "Crypto Sporidian" | Orphan | 4:35 |
4. | "Octave" | Ognihs | 3:01 |
5. | "Learning Curve" | Orphan | 3:14 |
6. | "Resistance" | Troubadour | 3:13 |
7. | "Hourglass" (featuring Distant Relatives) | Orphan | 3:39 |
8. | "Banded Hairstreak" | Orphan | 2:06 |
9. | "Digestive Enzymes" | Lovely | 2:35 |
10. | "Nocturnal" | Orphan | 3:43 |
11. | "Imhotep" | Orphan | 4:12 |
12. | "Guelph" (featuring Baracuda) | Warhol | 2:42 |
13. | "Zenith Dub" | Sseleman | 2:49 |
14. | "Julia Set" | Orphan | 3:01 |
15. | "The Fall" | Naval Aviator | 9:05 |
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