Fear of a Black Tangent

Studio album by Busdriver

Released

February 15, 2005

Genre

Indie hip hop

Length

60:55

Label

Mush Records, Big Dada

Producer

Daedelus, Omid, Paris Zax, Thavius Beck, Danger Mouse

Busdriver chronology

Cosmic Cleavage
(2004)

Fear of a Black Tangent
(2005)

RoadKillOvercoat
(2007)

Singles from Fear of a Black Tangent

"Avantcore"
Released: January 18, 2005

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	^[3]
Dusted Magazine	Positive^[4]

Fear of a Black Tangent is a studio album by indie hip hop artist Busdriver. It was released on Mush Records in 2005.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fear of a Black Tangent received an average score of 78% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Yawning Zeitgeist Intro" (freestyle)	Daedelus	1:30
2.	"Reheated Pop!"	Omid	3:00
3.	"Unemployed Black Astronaut"	Paris Zax	4:00
4.	"Happiness ('s Unit of Measurement)"	Thavius Beck	4:37
5.	"Avantcore"	Paris Zax	2:24
6.	"Wormholes"	Daedelus	4:26
7.	"Map Your Psyche" (featuring Abstract Rude and Ellay Khule)	Paris Zax	4:15
8.	"Cool Band Buzz"	Danger Mouse	3:28
9.	"Note Boom"	Paris Zax	3:43
10.	"Low Flying Winged Books"	Thavius Beck	4:56
11.	"Befriend the Friendless Friendster"	Daedelus	3:38
12.	"Sphinx's Coonery" (featuring Myka 9 and 2Mex)	Paris Zax	4:43
13.	"Lefty's Lament"	Daedelus	3:41

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Silence" (Unlisted)	1:04
15.	"Avantcore" (D-Styles remix)	2:33
16.	"Happiness ('s Unit of Measurement)" (Prefuse 73 remix)	4:16
17.	"Unemployed Black Astronaut" (Nobody remix)	4:39

References

1 2 "Fear Of A Black Tangent by Busdriver". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ Fear of a Black Tangent at AllMusic
↑ Macdonald, Cameron (March 8, 2005). "Fear of a Black Tangent". Pitchfork Media.
↑ Hoffman, K. Ross (April 15, 2005). "Fear of a Black Tangent". Dusted.

External links

Fear of a Black Tangent at Discogs (list of releases)

Busdriver

Solo albums	Memoirs of the Elephant Man (1999) Temporary Forever (2002) Cosmic Cleavage (2004) Fear of a Black Tangent (2005) RoadKillOvercoat (2007) Jhelli Beam (2009) Beaus$Eros (2012) Perfect Hair (2014)

Collaborative albums	The Weather (2003) 10 Haters (2011)

Mixtapes	Computer Cooties (2010)

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