Ten (Clouddead album)

2004 studio album by Clouddead

Ten

Studio album by

Clouddead

Released| March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08)[1]
Recorded| 2001–2003
Genre| Hip hop
Length| 56:58
Label|

* Big Dada
* Mush

Producer|

* Odd Nosdam
* Doseone
* Why?

Clouddead chronology
| Clouddead
(2001)  | Ten
(2004)  |

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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

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 74/100[7]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [8]
The A.V. Club| favorable[9]
CMJ New Music Report| favorable[10]
The Guardian| [11]
The Observer| [12]
Pitchfork| 7.8/10[13]
PopMatters| mixed[14]
Stylus Magazine| C+[15]
The Telegraph| favorable[16]
The Village Voice| unfavorable[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

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No.| Title| Length

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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 discNo.| Title| Length

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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

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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

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Chart  | Peak
position

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UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5] | 17
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[6] | 16

## References

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

## External links

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* Ten at Discogs (list of releases)

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Doseone

Solo albums|

* Hemispheres
* Slowdeath
* The Pelt
* Ha
* Soft Skulls
* Skeleton Repelent
* Be Evil
* G Is for Deep

Boom Bip & Doseone|

* Circle

Deep Puddle Dynamics|

* The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel

Anticon|

* We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)

Greenthink|

* It's Not Easy Being...
* Blindfold

Clouddead|

* Clouddead
* Ten

Themselves|

* Them
* The No Music
* The No Music of AIFFs
* Live
* Live II
* The Free Houdini
* Crowns Down
* Crowns Down & Company

Subtle|

| Albums|

* A New White
* Earthsick
* Wishingbone
* For Hero: For Fool
* Yell & Ice
* Exiting Arm
* Was Here

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EPs|

* Summer
* Autumn
* Winter
* Spring

13 & God|

* 13 & God
* Live in Japan
* Own Your Ghost

Crook&Flail|

* Unearthing

Nevermen|

* Nevermen

Record labels|

* Anticon
* Mush Records
* Big Dada
* Lex Records

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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