Ten (Clouddead album)

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]

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

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. "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. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  7. "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. Woodcraft, Molloy (February 22, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: ten". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  13. 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. 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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