You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

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You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
Genre Hip hop
Length50:55
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Ant
Atmosphere chronology
Headshots: Se7en
(2005)
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
(2005)
Happy Clown Bad Dub 8/Fun EP
(2006)
Singles from You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
  1. "Watch Out"
    Released: 2005 [1]
  2. "Say Hey There"
    Released: 2006 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club favorable [4]
HipHopDX 5/5 [5]
Pitchfork Media 5.9/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [8]
Spin favorable [9]
Stylus Magazine C [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Atmosphere. It was released through Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2005. [12]

Contents

In 2015, it was re-released as the 10-year anniversary vinyl edition. [13]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

The album was ranked by Hip Hop Golden Age as the fourth best hip hop album of 2005. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Arrival"4:27
2."Panic Attack"4:37
3."Watch Out"4:14
4."Musical Chairs"3:52
5."Say Hey There"4:29
6."Hockey Hair"2:53
7."Bam"2:14
8."Pour Me Another"4:49
9."Smart Went Crazy"3:38
10."Angelface"4:00
11."That Night"2:43
12."Get Fly"4:45
13."Little Man"4:14
Total length:50:55
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Rain Water" Brother Ali 6:09
2."Boom Box" Blueprint 4:55
3."Prom Quiz" Grayskul 3:09
4."Wyle Out" Boom Bap Project 3:44
5."Deep Fried Frenz" MF Doom 3:37
6."Dirty Girl" Felt 3:45
7."P.O.S Is Ruining My Life" P.O.S 3:17
8."Overthrow / They Call It" I Self Devine / Atmosphere 10:29

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Billboard 200 [15] 66
Independent Albums [16] 1
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums [17] 55

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