Ninja Tuna

Ninja Tuna
Studio album by Mr. Scruff
Released	6 October 2008
Genre	Electronica, downtempo
Length	67:10
Label	Ninja Tune
Mr. Scruff chronology
Mrs Cruff (2005) Ninja Tuna (2008)

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Ninja Tuna is an album by Mr. Scruff. It was released on a newly created record label, also titled Ninja Tuna, a collaboration between Scruff and the record label Ninja Tune. The song "Kalimba" comes free with most Windows 7 computers, which has caused most of the album's fame.

Track listing

1. "Test the Sound"
2. "Music Takes Me Up" (featuring Alice Russell)
3. "Donkey Ride" (featuring Quantic)
4. "Hairy Bumpercress"
5. "Whiplash"
6. "Nice Up the Function" (featuring Roots Manuva)
7. "Bang the Floor" (featuring Danny Breaks)
8. "Get on Down"
9. "Hold On" (featuring Andreya Triana)
10. "Give Up to Get"
11. "Kalimba" (comes with Windows 7 Media Player)
12. "This Way" (featuring Pete Simpson)
13. "Stockport Carnival"

Note: "Kalimba" was selected as one of a handful of tracks by Microsoft Corporation in use in its operating system Windows 7.

Bonus Bait

During the recording sessions for Ninja Tuna, a number of further tracks were recorded. 10 tracks were released in the UK via Mr. Scruff's website on 9 February 2009, on mp3 and CD, on a limited release entitled Bonus Bait.

In the U.S., an mp3 double-album version of Ninja Tuna was released on 17 February, which included Bonus Bait as the second album.

Bonus Bait album cover

Track listing

1. "Bunch of Keys"
2. "Rocking Chair" (samples "Tell Me What to Do" by Johnny 'Hammond' Smith)
3. "Listen Up" (featuring Broke'n'£nglish)
4. "Fix That Speaker"
5. "Giant Pickle"
6. "Hold the Dub" (featuring Andreya Triana)
7. "Cat & Mouse (Version 2)"
8. "The Clock"
9. "Zen" (featuring Skuff & Inja)
10. "Cat & Mouse"

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