Perfect Hair (album)

This article is about Busdriver's album. For American animated television series, see Perfect Hair Forever.
Perfect Hair
Studio album by Busdriver
Released September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 46:55
Label Big Dada
Producer
Busdriver chronology
Beaus$Eros
(2012)		 Perfect Hair
(2014)		 Vidal Folder
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash7/10[3]
Consequence of SoundB–[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
musicOMH[6]
PopMatters[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

Perfect Hair is a studio album by American hip hop musician Busdriver.[9] It was released on Big Dada on September 9, 2014.[10] It features guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Danny Brown and Open Mike Eagle, among others.[11] The cover art was painted by John Lurie.[12] Music videos were made for "Ego Death",[13] "Colonize the Moon"[14] and "Eat Rich".[15]

On June 20, 2014, "Ego Death" was chosen by Consequence of Sound as one of their Top 10 Songs of the Week.[16]

Reception

Perfect Hair received generally positive reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a rating of 74/100, based on 10 reviews.[1] Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound said: "Wild, insanely ambitious, and a bit inconsistent, Perfect Hair encodes and decodes the ideas, opinions, and deconstructions that can only come from Farquhar's brain."[4] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "rich and delicious."[2]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer Length
1. "Retirement Ode"  Busdriver 3:19
2. "Bliss Point"  Busdriver 3:35
3. "Ego Death" (featuring Aesop Rock and Danny Brown)Jeremiah Jae 6:00
4. "Upsweep"  Mono/Poly 4:28
5. "When the Tooth-lined Horizon Blinks" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)Great Dane 4:09
6. "Motion Lines"  Busdriver 5:12
7. "Eat Rich"  Kenny Segal 3:08
8. "King Cookie Faced (for Her)"  Busdriver 4:05
9. "Can’t You Tell I'm a Sociopath" (featuring VerBS)Mike Gao 3:10
10. "Colonize the Moon" (featuring Pegasus Warning)
  • Riley Lake
  • Busdriver
 9:49

References

  1. 1 2 "Perfect Hair - Busdriver". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Jeffries, David (September 8, 2014). "Perfect Hair - Busdriver". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Brydon, Grant (September 16, 2014). "Busdriver - Perfect Hair". Clash.
  4. 1 2 Kivel, Adam (September 12, 2014). "Busdriver -Perfect Hair". Consequence of Sound.
  5. ↑ Bauer, Matt (September 8, 2014). "Busdriver – Parfect Hair". Exclaim!. line feed character in |title= at position 20 (help)
  6. ↑ Dutton, Jack (September 8, 2014). "Busdriver – Perfect Hair". musicOMH.
  7. ↑ Stevens, Nathan (September 9, 2014). "Busdriver: Perfect Hair". PopMatters.
  8. ↑ Scott, Jackson (October 6, 2014). "Busdriver - Perfect Hair". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  9. ↑ Kangas, Chaz (September 3, 2014). "Busdriver Keeps Pushing Boundaries, More Than Anyone in Hip-Hop". LA Weekly.
  10. ↑ Baker, Soren (September 5, 2014). "Busdriver "Perfect Hair" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist, Album Stream & Tour Itinerary". HipHopDX.
  11. ↑ Joyce, Colin (June 16, 2014). "Hear Busdriver's Prickly Collab with Danny Brown and Aesop Rock - "Ego Death" heralds 'Perfect Hair' album, due September 9 on Big Dada". Spin.
  12. ↑ Beauchemin, Molly (June 16, 2014). "Busdriver Teams With Danny Brown and Aesop Rock for "Ego Death" - From Busdriver's new album Perfect Hair". Pitchfork Media.
  13. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (July 10, 2014). "Busdriver "Ego Death" (ft. Aesop Rock and Danny Brown) (video)". Exclaim!.
  14. ↑ Kramer, Kyle (July 23, 2014). "Busdriver Heads Into Space to Rap and "Colonize the Moon"". Vice.
  15. ↑ Gillespie, Blake (September 15, 2014). "Busdriver, "Eat Rich"". Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Madden, Michael (June 20, 2014). "Top 10 Songs of the Week (6/20)". Consequence of Sound.

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