Ten
Studio album by
Clouddead
ReleasedMarch 8, 2004 (2004-03-08)[1]
Recorded2001–2003
GenreHip hop
Length56:58
Label
Producer
Clouddead chronology
Clouddead
(2001)		 Ten
(2004)
Singles from Ten
  1. "Dead Dogs Two"
    Released: 2004

Ten is the second and final album by American hip hop trio Clouddead.[2] It was released on March 8, 2004 on Big Dada in the United Kingdom[1] and on March 16, 2004 on Mush Records in the United States.[3] "Dead Dogs Two" was released as a single from the album.[4] The album peaked at number 17 on the UK Independent Albums Chart,[5] as well as number 16 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[9]
CMJ New Music Reportfavorable[10]
The Guardian[11]
The Observer[12]
Pitchfork7.8/10[13]
PopMattersmixed[14]
Stylus MagazineC+[15]
The Telegraphfavorable[16]
The Village Voiceunfavorable[17]

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".[7]

Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "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".[12] 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."[15] Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, stating that "the strongest moments on Ten involve a sustain: sustained organ tones, long throbbing noises, stretches where the words trail off."[13]

In February 2004, The Observer listed "Dead Dogs Two" as the "Song of the Month".[18]

CMJ placed Ten at number 10 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list.[19] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 71 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[20]

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
Total length:56:58
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Dead Dogs Two"4:13
2."Mulholland Instrumental"2:46
3."Dead Dogs Two" (Boards of Canada Remix)5:05
Total length:12:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[21]

  • Yoni Wolf (Why?) – vocals, production
  • Adam Drucker (Doseone) – vocals, production
  • David Madson (Odd Nosdam) – production
  • Jel – additional contribution
  • Jordan Dalrymple – additional contribution
  • Josiah Wolf – additional contribution
  • Robert Curcio – additional contribution

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5] 17
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[6] 16

References

  1. 1 2 "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Wheeler, Melissa (January 1, 2006). "CLOUDDEAD - Ten". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "MH-230: cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Mush Records. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ "MH-026: cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two". Mush Records. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Ten by cLOUDDEAD". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bush, John. "Ten - cLOUDDEAD". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Battaglia, Andy (March 23, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (March 1, 2004). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report: 4.
  11. ↑ Simpson, Dave (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD, Ten". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Woodcraft, Molloy (February 22, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: ten". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Dahlen, Chris (February 12, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ Morris, David (March 25, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: Ten". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  15. 1 2 Howard, Ed (March 5, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD - Ten". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  16. ↑ Thompson, Ben (March 8, 2004). "CD reviews: Squarepusher, Harry Connick Jr, Lionel Richie and more". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ Harvell, Jess (February 10, 2004). "Billy-Goat-Gruff - Dada-rapper fails to keep trap shut". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ Mulholland, Garry (February 1, 2004). "'Dead Dogs Two' by cLOUDDEAD". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The CMJ Top 20 Albums of 2004". BrooklynVegan. December 21, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  20. ↑ "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time: 71. cLOUDDEAD - Ten (Mush, 2003)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  21. ↑ Clouddead (2004). Ten (booklet). Big Dada. BDCD065.
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