Ten (Clouddead album)

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Ten
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Studio album by
Clouddead
ReleasedMarch 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) [1]
Recorded2001–2003
Genre Hip hop
Length56:58
Label
Producer
Clouddead chronology
Clouddead
(2001)		Ten
(2004)
Singles from Ten
  1. "Dead Dogs Two"
    Released: 2004

Ten is the second and final album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. [2] It was released on March 8, 2004 on Big Dada in the United Kingdom [1] and on March 16, 2004 on Mush Records in the United States. [3] "Dead Dogs Two" was released as a single from the album. [4] The album peaked at number 17 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, [5] as well as number 16 on the UK R&B Albums Chart. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club favorable [9]
CMJ New Music Report favorable [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [13]
PopMatters mixed [14]
Stylus Magazine C+ [15]
The Telegraph favorable [16]
The Village Voice unfavorable [17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Ten received an average score of 74, based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]

Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "A mish-mash of odd found sounds, woozy synths and hip hop beats form a bed for a collective scattershot collage of musings on love, life and mortality". [12] Ed Howard of Stylus Magazine said, "Having allowed hip-hop to fall pretty much entirely by the wayside, the trio has instead embraced the full strength of their abstract poetry and glitchy, junky, rock-informed musical landscapes." [15] Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, stating that "the strongest moments on Ten involve a sustain: sustained organ tones, long throbbing noises, stretches where the words trail off." [13]

In February 2004, The Observer listed "Dead Dogs Two" as the "Song of the Month". [18]

CMJ placed Ten at number 10 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list. [19] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 71 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. [20]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Pop Song"5:47
2."The Keen Teen Skip"5:19
3."Rhymer's Only Room"2:23
4."The Velvet Ant"2:49
5."Son of a Gun"5:48
6."Rifle Eyes"3:53
7."Dead Dogs Two"3:59
8."3 Twenty"3:01
9."Physics of a Unicycle"4:16
10."Our Name"19:40
Total length:56:58
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Dead Dogs Two"4:13
2."Mulholland Instrumental"2:46
3."Dead Dogs Two" (Boards of Canada Remix)5:05
Total length:12:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [21]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [5] 17
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [6] 16

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  5. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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