Pretty Ugly | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2012 | |||
Recorded | London, UK, Cape Town, South Africa and Atlanta, USA. | |||
Genre | Electronic | |||
Length | 44:00 | |||
Label | Hyperdub[1] | |||
Scratcha DVA chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Clash | 8/10[3] |
NME | [4] |
Pitchfork | 6.4/10[5] |
Pretty Ugly is the debut studio album by Scratcha DVA.[6] It was released 19 March 2012 through Hyperdub.[7]
Production
Critical reception
Pitchfork wrote that the album "wears its polemical heart on its sleeve, offering a manifesto for an approach to dance music that looks askew, glances awry, and always moves out of kilter."[5] The Quietus wrote that Pretty Ugly contains "a decent scattering of funky-ish house tracks," while allowing Scratcha DVA the opportunity to be more "stylistically divergent."[8] BBC Music called it "an exhilarating debut album from Leon Smart’s DVA alias, full of complexity."[9] Exclaim! wrote that the album's "decidedly upbeat atmosphere dodges any pattern or semblance."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Leon Smart
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Reach the Sun" | 3:45 |
2. | "Just Vybe" (featuring Fatima) | 2:32 |
3. | "Polyphonic Dreams" | 4:58 |
4. | "Pretty Ugly" (featuring Cornelia) | 4:53 |
5. | "Bare Fuzz" | 5:03 |
6. | "Madness" (featuring Viktar Dupleix) | 3:10 |
7. | "Fire Fly" (featuring Zaki Ibrahim) | 2:42 |
8. | "Why You Do?" (featuring A.L.) | 2:24 |
9. | "The Big 5ive" | 4:49 |
10. | "Eye Know" (featuring Natalie Maddix) | 5:37 |
11. | "33rd Degree" (featuring Muhsinah) | 3:48 |
12. | "Where I Belong" | 3:46 |
References
- ↑ "Scratcha DVA, Pretty Ugly". Hyperdub.
- ↑ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". Metacritic.
- ↑ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". Clash Magazine. 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". NME. 17 December 2015.
- 1 2 "DVA: Pretty Ugly". Pitchfork.
- ↑ "DVA | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ "DVA - Pretty Ugly". 6 March 2012.
- ↑ "The Quietus | Reviews | DVA". The Quietus.
- ↑ Roullier, Ian. "BBC - Music - Review of DVA - Pretty Ugly". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "DVA Pretty Ugly". exclaim.ca.
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