The Most Beautiful Ugly
The Most Beautiful Ugly | ||||
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Studio album by Thavius Beck | ||||
Released | September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11)[1] | |||
Genre | Instrumental hip hop | |||
Length | 40:00 | |||
Label | Plug Research | |||
Producer | Thavius Beck | |||
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The Most Beautiful Ugly is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Thavius Beck. It was released through Plug Research on September 11, 2012.[2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100[3] |
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying: "Two skills he has mastered in the past, mood and texture, make this record especially listenable, although sometimes the productions are so professionally crafted that they sound sterile."[4] He called it "a great showcase for his digital, beat-oriented productions and kaleidoscopic tastes."[4] Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating that the album "has about fifty times as many ideas crammed into it as most hip-hop records, even without his mythic, hallucinatory, Hermetic philosophy-influenced rhymes."[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Eye of the Beholder (Intro)" | 2:53 |
2. | "Break Til Broken" | 2:10 |
3. | "ABV" | 3:19 |
4. | "Atmos" | 4:11 |
5. | "Feel Me/Fear Me" | 2:01 |
6. | "Whether or Not" | 0:52 |
7. | "Labward Bound" | 1:46 |
8. | "Terror Byte" | 3:02 |
9. | "Imma Get So" | 2:24 |
10. | "Joy (Bring It)" | 2:58 |
11. | "In Your Eyes" | 3:24 |
12. | "Ain't Nothin'" | 3:02 |
13. | "Tears of Fire" | 2:43 |
14. | "Altered Minions" | 2:25 |
15. | "Shucky Ducky Chuckie" | 2:51 |
Total length: | 40:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Thanks" | 3:12 |
2. | "Watson" | 3:03 |
3. | "He's a Mute" | 2:01 |
4. | "GLK Jack" | 3:23 |
5. | "Rationalizing Emotion" | 2:39 |
Total length: | 14:21 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Thavius Beck – production, recording, mixing
- Emilie Quinquis – vocals (13)
- Mear One – artwork
- Laz Pit – layout
References
- ^ "Thavius Beck". Plug Research. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Gompers, Sjimon (August 31, 2012). "Week in Pop: Main Attrakionz & DaVinci, New Animal, Young Gully & Shady Blaze". Impose. Archived from the original on July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "The Most Beautiful Ugly by Thavius Beck". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c Lymangrover, Jason. "The Most Beautiful Ugly - Thavius Beck". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Ghoneim, Tareck (December 20, 2012). "Thavius Beck - The Most Beautiful Ugly Album Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Wright, Darryl G. (October 28, 2012). "Thavius Beck: The Most Beautiful Ugly". PopMatters. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ a b Gieben, Bram E. (September 26, 2012). "Thavius Beck – The Most Beautiful Ugly". The Skinny. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
External links
- The Most Beautiful Ugly at Discogs (list of releases)