TEN (CLOUDDEAD ALBUM)

Ten
Ten
Studio album by Clouddead
Released	March 8, 2004
Recorded	2001–2003
Genre	Hip hop
Length	56:58
Label	Big Dada; Mush;
Producer	Odd Nosdam; Doseone; Why?;
Clouddead chronology
Singles from Ten
	"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
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

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

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

External links

Ten at Discogs (list of releases)

[bigdada-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.

[mushrecords-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.

[independent-5] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[randb-6] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 14 March 2004 - 20 March 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[metacritic-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.

[observer-12] Woodcraft, Molloy (February 22, 2004). "cLOUDDEAD: ten". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

[pitchfork-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.

[stylusmagazine-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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