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)

Perfect Hair is a studio album by American hip hop musician Busdriver.[1] It was released on Big Dada on September 9, 2014.[2] It features guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Danny Brown and Open Mike Eagle, among others.[3] The cover art was painted by John Lurie.[4] Music videos were made for "Ego Death",[5] "Colonize the Moon",[6] "Eat Rich"[7] and "Motion Lines".[8]

On June 20, 2014, "Ego Death" was chosen by Consequence of Sound as one of their Top 10 Songs of the Week.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[10]
Metacritic74/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Clash7/10[13]
Consequence of SoundB–[14]
Exclaim!7/10[15]
musicOMH[16]
PopMatters7/10[17]
Tiny Mix Tapes3/5[18]

Perfect Hair received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 10 reviews.[11] 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."[14] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Perfect Hair contains all the usual reasons Busdriver is wonderful, just with a little more sugar baked in."[12] Grant Brydon of Clash said, "The rollercoaster ride of his delivery makes it an enjoyable experience rather than a textbook headache."[13] Matt Bauer of Exclaim! said, "A few duds abound, like the wearisome "Eat Rich", but the album ends strongly with the sci-fi-flavoured "Colonize the Moon"."[15] Jack Dutton of musicOMH said, "Although this album is at times a difficult listen, you can't help but admire Busdriver for his innovation and general wackiness."[16] Nathan Stevens of PopMatters said, "Perfect Hair is no doubt a great album, but its tendency to fidget between ideas leaves it the idea of cohesion in a shallow grave."[17] Uncut said, "Rapid-fire delivery often make catching his drift difficult, but when spaces allow it, as on the hallucinogenic "Upsweep" or pointed "Retirement Ode", Busdriver's wit and wisdom flash through."[11] Jackson Scott of Tiny Mix Tapes said, "With Perfect Hair, Busdriver has once again crafted a fantastically immersive listening experience (arguably Busdriver's finest work yet), only blunted by how profoundly it telegraphs its own ambitions and intentions, more than meeting my expectations as a piece of confrontational sound art, yet leaving its targeted structures a bit too comfortably in tact."[18] Mojo said, "For every two triumphs there's a setback like the overwrought glitchy electro "Eat Rich", yet it's hard to deny the imagination that fuels these flights of fancy."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Retirement Ode"  Busdriver3:19
2."Bliss Point"  Busdriver3:35
3."Ego Death" (featuring Aesop Rock and Danny Brown)Jeremiah Jae6:00
4."Upsweep"  Mono/Poly4:28
5."When the Tooth-lined Horizon Blinks" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)Great Dane4:09
6."Motion Lines"  Busdriver5:12
7."Eat Rich"  Kenny Segal3:08
8."King Cookie Faced (for Her)"  Busdriver4:05
9."Can’t You Tell I'm a Sociopath" (featuring VerBS)Mike Gao3:10
10."Colonize the Moon" (featuring Pegasus Warning)
  • Riley Lake
  • Busdriver
9:49

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Kangas, Chaz (September 3, 2014). "Busdriver Keeps Pushing Boundaries, More Than Anyone in Hip-Hop". LA Weekly.
  2. ↑ Baker, Soren (September 5, 2014). "Busdriver "Perfect Hair" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist, Album Stream & Tour Itinerary". HipHopDX.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Beauchemin, Molly (June 16, 2014). "Busdriver Teams With Danny Brown and Aesop Rock for "Ego Death" – From Busdriver's new album Perfect Hair". Pitchfork.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (July 10, 2014). "Busdriver "Ego Death" (ft. Aesop Rock and Danny Brown) (video)". Exclaim!.
  6. ↑ Kramer, Kyle (July 23, 2014). "Busdriver Heads Into Space to Rap and "Colonize the Moon"". Vice.
  7. ↑ Gillespie, Blake (September 15, 2014). "Busdriver, "Eat Rich"". Impose. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Raymer, Miles (October 14, 2014). "Dive into Busdriver's kaleidoscopic 'Motion Lines' video". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ↑ Madden, Michael (June 20, 2014). "Top 10 Songs of the Week (6/20)". Consequence of Sound.
  10. ↑ "Perfect Hair by Busdriver reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Perfect Hair – Busdriver". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  12. 1 2 Jeffries, David (September 8, 2014). "Perfect Hair – Busdriver". AllMusic.
  13. 1 2 Brydon, Grant (September 16, 2014). "Busdriver – Perfect Hair". Clash.
  14. 1 2 Kivel, Adam (September 12, 2014). "Busdriver – Perfect Hair". Consequence of Sound.
  15. 1 2 Bauer, Matt (September 8, 2014). "Busdriver Perfect Hair". Exclaim!.
  16. 1 2 Dutton, Jack (September 8, 2014). "Busdriver – Perfect Hair". musicOMH.
  17. 1 2 Stevens, Nathan (September 9, 2014). "Busdriver: Perfect Hair". PopMatters.
  18. 1 2 Scott, Jackson (October 6, 2014). "Busdriver – Perfect Hair". Tiny Mix Tapes.
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