Bhiman (album)

Bhiman
Studio album by Bhi Bhiman
Released January 24, 2012
Recorded Tiny Telephone Studios, San Francisco
Genre Folk rock
Label Boocoo Music
Producer Sam Kassirer
Bhi Bhiman chronology

Cookbook
(2008)
Bhiman
(2012)

Bhiman is the second album by San-Francisco based (and Sri Lanka native) singer-songwriter Bhi Bhiman, released on January 24, 2012 on Boocoo Music. The lead single was "Guttersnipe".[1] The music video for this single depicts life in India along the railways. Bhiman himself said that "What I love about this video is the great beauty in the midst of ragged poverty." The video debuted on December 5, 2011.[2]

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Washington Post (positive)[3]
Paste (positive)[4]
Chicago Sun-Times [5]
Drowned in Sound [6]
Robert Christgau (A-)[7]

Track listing

  1. Guttersnipe
  2. Time Heals
  3. Crime of Passion
  4. Take What I'm Given
  5. Mexican Wine
  6. Kimchee Line
  7. The Cookbook
  8. Atlatl
  9. Eye on You
  10. Ballerina
  11. Life's Been Better

References

  1. Mital, Sachyn (9 January 2012). "Bhi Bhiman". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. Video Premiere: Bhi Bhiman, “Guttersnipe”
  3. Friskics-Warren, Bill (23 January 2012). "Bhi Bhiman displays mordant humor in ‘Bhiman’". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. Blanton, Kristen (24 January 2012). "Bhiman". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. Conner, Thomas (27 January 2012). "Music Review: Bhiman". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. Bass, George (3 February 2012). "Bhiman". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. "CG: Bhi Bhiman". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.