Ten (Clouddead album)

Ten is the second album by American hip hop trio Clouddead.[3] It was released on Mush Records and Big Dada in 2004.[2]

Ten
Studio album by
Clouddead
ReleasedMarch 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) (UK)[1]
March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16) (US)[2]
Recorded2001–2003
GenreAbstract hip hop, cloud rap, psychedelic hip hop
Length56:58
LabelBig Dada (UK)
Mush Records (US)
ProducerOdd Nosdam, Doseone, Why?
Clouddead chronology
Clouddead
(2001)		 Ten
(2004)
Singles from Ten
  1. "Dead Dogs Two"
    Released: 2004

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[6]
CMJ New Music Reportfavorable[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork7.8/10[10]
PopMattersmixed[11]
Stylus MagazineC+[12]
The Telegraphfavorable[13]
The Village Voiceunfavorable[14]

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".[4]

Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "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".[9] 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."[12] Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, saying, "the strongest moments on Ten involve a sustain: sustained organ tones, long throbbing noises, stretches where the words trail off."[10]

In February 2004, The Observer listed "Dead Dogs Two" as the "Song of the Month".[15]

CMJ placed Ten at number 10 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list.[16] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 71 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[17]

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

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts
Chart Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18] 17
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[19] 16

References
  1. "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  2. "MH-230: cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Mush Records. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  3. Wheeler, Melissa (January 1, 2006). "CLOUDDEAD - Ten". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  4. "Ten by cLOUDDEAD". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. Bush, John. "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  6. Battaglia, Andy (March 23, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  7. Weingarten, Christopher R. (March 1, 2004). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report: 4.
  8. Simpson, Dave (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD, Ten". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  9. Woodcraft, Molloy (February 22, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: ten". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  10. Dahlen, Chris (February 12, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  11. Morris, David (March 25, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  12. Howard, Ed (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  13. Thompson, Ben (March 8, 2004). "CD reviews: Squarepusher, Harry Connick Jr, Lionel Richie and more". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  14. Harvell, Jess (February 10, 2004). "Billy-Goat-Gruff - Dada-rapper fails to keep trap shut". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  15. Mulholland, Garry (February 1, 2004). "'Dead Dogs Two' by cLOUDDEAD". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  16. "The CMJ Top 20 Albums of 2004". BrooklynVegan. December 21, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  17. "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time: 71. cLOUDDEAD - Ten (Mush, 2003)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  18. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  19. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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