The Audience's Listening
Studio album by
Cut Chemist
ReleasedJuly 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)[1]
GenreHip hop
Length43:25
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerCut Chemist
Cut Chemist chronology
The Audience's Listening
(2006)		 Die Cut
(2018)
Singles from The Audience's Listening
  1. "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song"
    Released: 2006
  2. "The Garden / Storm"
    Released: 2006
  3. "What's the Altitude"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
PopMatters[5]
RapReviews.com9/10[6]
Stylus MagazineB[7]
The Village Voicefavorable[8]

The Audience's Listening is the debut studio album by Cut Chemist, released on Warner Bros. Records on July 11, 2006.[9] It features guest appearances from Hymnal, Edan, Mr. Lif, and Thes One.[3]

Production

After leaving Jurassic 5 in 2004, Cut Chemist spent 18 months working exclusively on the album, which he had already been working on for 2 years.[10] He spent almost a year clearing samples.[9]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and described it as "a well-crafted, highly enjoyable effort that overcomes the 'all samples cleared' challenge all big-label turntablist albums must face."[3] Jeff Vrabel of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "It's DJ music for the casual fan, something you don't need to be a knob-twiddler or connoisseur of the break beat to appreciate or enjoy."[5]

In 2015, Vice named it the 49th greatest dance album of all time.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Motivational Speaker"1:48
2."(My 1st) Big Break"4:30
3."The Lift"1:25
4."The Garden"6:16
5."Spat"2:21
6."What's the Altitude" (featuring Hymnal)4:23
7."Metrorail Thru Space"3:56
8."Storm" (featuring Edan and Mr. Lif)3:28
9."2266 Cambridge" (featuring Thes One)2:34
10."Spoon"5:31
11."A Peak in Time"4:52
12."The Audience Is Listening Theme Song"2:20
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Beats Thru Space"3:18

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[12] 20
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[13] 7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 16

References

  1. ↑ "Record Shopping with Cut Chemist!". Spin. July 7, 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "The Audience's Listening - Cut Chemist". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Jeffries, David. "The Audience's Listening - Cut Chemist". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (June 30, 2006). "Cut Chemist, The Audience's Listening". The Guardian. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Vrabel, Jeff (July 11, 2006). "Cut Chemist: The Audience's Listening". PopMatters. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ Juon, Steve (August 8, 2006). "Cut Chemist :: The Audience's Listening :: A Stable Sound/Warner Bros. Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ Rosenberg, Tal (July 17, 2006). "Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (July 25, 2006). "More Deft Wit From the Oft-Maligned Turntablist Camp". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Cut Chemist Finds New 'Audience' On Solo Debut". BIllboard. May 10, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Patch, Nick (July 2006). "Cut Chemist Works Backwards". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time". Vice. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 16 July 2006 - 22 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Cut Chemist - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Cut Chemist - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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