Your Mom's Favorite DJ

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Your Mom's Favorite DJ
KidKoala YourMomsFavoriteDJ albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
StudioThe Record Room, Montreal
Genre Turntablism, hip hop
Length33:37
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Kid Koala, The Slew
Kid Koala chronology
Live from the Short Attention Span Audio Theater Tour!!
(2005)
Your Mom's Favorite DJ
(2006)
12 Bit Blues
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Your Mom's Favorite DJ is the third studio album by Canadian turntablist Kid Koala, released on Ninja Tune in 2006. The album features three rock-influenced “Slew Test” tracks that were later included in different, extended form on 100%, the 2009 debut release from Kid Koala’s collaborative band project The Slew. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "as a fun, informative celebration of Koala's decade of work, it's absolutely great." [1] Brian Hull of Okayplayer said, "Your Mom's Favorite DJ is laden with blues, fuzzed out guitars, Dixieland, and more sampled dialogue than most records can boast in lyrics." [3]

David Downs of East Bay Express listed it on his "Best Records of 2006" list. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Left Side" (Start Heeeeears Koala / Stoppin' Traffic / Tracks Etc. / Slew Test 1 / Lunch with Pavlov / Robo-Cookie Factory / Things'll Be Good Again / Dinner at 1:00 A.M. / Party at Eric's!)14:15
2."Right Side" (Slew Test 2 / Gimme a K! / Mosquito vs. Waterbuffalo / Slew Test 3 / Paper Route Days / Nufonia Noise Consultation Committee / The Denouement)19:17
3."Bonus Cricket"0:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

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  3. 1 2 Hull, Brian. "Kid Koala: Your Mom's Favorite DJ". Okayplayer . Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. "Kid Koala – Your Mom's Favorite DJ". Discogs.com . Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. Downs, David (December 30, 2006). "The Best Records of 2006 - Part Six of Six". East Bay Express . Retrieved April 17, 2018.