What's That Noise?

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What's That Noise?
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Studio album by
Coldcut
ReleasedApril 1989 (1989-04)
Genre Electronic, house, alternative hip hop
Label Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros.
25974 (US)
Big Life (UK) [1]
Ahead of Our Time (UK)
Producer Coldcut
Coldcut chronology
What's That Noise?
(1989)		Some Like It Cold
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau B [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

What's That Noise? is the debut album by Coldcut, released in 1989. [4]

Contents

Guests on the album include: Lisa Stansfield on "People Hold On" and "My Telephone", Mark E. Smith (the Fall) on "(I'm) In Deep", Junior Reid on "Stop This Crazy Thing", Queen Latifah on "Smoke 1" and Yazz on "Doctorin' the House". [2]

The album peaked at No. 20 on the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Critical reception

The album was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

Trouser Press wrote: "In between the vocal tracks are various 'Beats & Pieces', as one title has it: samples, melodies and grooves that help flesh out What's That Noise?, a patchy but generally rewarding debut." [7] The Stranger called the album a "classic LP [that] married cut-and-paste techniques with old-fashioned songwriting smarts." [8]

Track listing

1989 UK release

Side A

  1. "People Hold On" (featuring Lisa Stansfield) – 3:58
  2. "Fat (Party and Bullshit)" – 4:34
  3. "(I'm) In Deep" (featuring Mark E. Smith) – 5:23
  4. "My Telephone" (featuring Lisa Stansfield) – 5:26
  5. "Theme from "Reportage"" – 1:35
  6. "Which Doctor?" – 4:59

Side B

  1. "Stop This Crazy Thing" (featuring Junior Reid) – 5:57
  2. "No Connection" – 3:34
  3. "Smoke 1" – 4:51
  4. "Doctorin' the House" (Say R Mix) featuring Yazz – 5:18
  5. "What's That Noise?" – 2:56

Some copies also contained a separate bonus 12" with the following tracklisting:

Side 1

  1. "Beats & Pieces" (Mo Bass Remix) – 5:55
  2. "Stop This Crazy Thing" (Hedmaster Mix) – 7:03

Side 2

  1. "Maker Brake"
  2. "Greedy's Back"
  3. "Drawmasters Squeeze"
  4. "Trak 22"

1989 US release

  1. "People Hold On" (featuring Lisa Stansfield) – 3:58
  2. "Fat (Party and Bullshit)" – 4:17
  3. "(I'm) In Deep" (featuring Mark E. Smith) – 5:08
  4. "My Telephone" (featuring Lisa Stansfield) – 4:54
  5. "Theme from "Reportage"" – 1:35
  6. "Which Doctor?" – 4:30
  7. "Stop This Crazy Thing" (featuring Junior Reid) – 5:15
  8. "No Connection" – 3:34
  9. "Smoke Dis One" (Featuring Queen Latifah) – 5:40
  10. "Not Paid Enough" – 7:23
  11. "What's That Noise?" – 2:28
  12. "Beats & Pieces" (Mo Bass Remix) – 6:00
  13. "Stop This Crazy Thing" (Hedmaster Mix by Adrian Sherwood) – 7:00

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 254.
  2. 1 2 Stephen Cook. "What's That Noise review by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Coldcut". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. pp. 458–459.
  5. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 149.
  6. ↑ "COLDCUT". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Coldcut". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Collage Graduates". The Stranger. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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