| The Most Beautiful Ugly | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 11, 2012[1] | |||
| Genre | Instrumental hip hop | |||
| Length | 40:00 | |||
| Label | Plug Research | |||
| Producer | Thavius Beck | |||
| Thavius Beck chronology | ||||
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The Most Beautiful Ugly is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Thavius Beck. It was released through Plug Research on September 11, 2012.[2]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Contactmusic.com | [5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| The Skinny | [7] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying: "Two skills he has mastered in the past, mood and texture, make this record especially listenable, although sometimes the productions are so professionally crafted that they sound sterile."[4] He called it "a great showcase for his digital, beat-oriented productions and kaleidoscopic tastes."[4] Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating that the album "has about fifty times as many ideas crammed into it as most hip-hop records, even without his mythic, hallucinatory, Hermetic philosophy-influenced rhymes."[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eye of the Beholder (Intro)" | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Break Til Broken" | 2:10 |
| 3. | "ABV" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Atmos" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Feel Me/Fear Me" | 2:01 |
| 6. | "Whether or Not" | 0:52 |
| 7. | "Labward Bound" | 1:46 |
| 8. | "Terror Byte" | 3:02 |
| 9. | "Imma Get So" | 2:24 |
| 10. | "Joy (Bring It)" | 2:58 |
| 11. | "In Your Eyes" | 3:24 |
| 12. | "Ain't Nothin'" | 3:02 |
| 13. | "Tears of Fire" | 2:43 |
| 14. | "Altered Minions" | 2:25 |
| 15. | "Shucky Ducky Chuckie" | 2:51 |
| Total length: | 40:00 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thanks" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Watson" | 3:03 |
| 3. | "He's a Mute" | 2:01 |
| 4. | "GLK Jack" | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Rationalizing Emotion" | 2:39 |
| Total length: | 14:21 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Thavius Beck – production, recording, mixing
- Emilie Quinquis – vocals (13)
- Mear One – artwork
- Laz Pit – layout
References
- ↑ "Thavius Beck". Plug Research. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑ Gompers, Sjimon (August 31, 2012). "Week in Pop: Main Attrakionz & DaVinci, New Animal, Young Gully & Shady Blaze". Impose. Archived from the original on July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- 1 2 "The Most Beautiful Ugly by Thavius Beck". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Lymangrover, Jason. "The Most Beautiful Ugly - Thavius Beck". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑ Ghoneim, Tareck (December 20, 2012). "Thavius Beck - The Most Beautiful Ugly Album Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑ Wright, Darryl G. (October 28, 2012). "Thavius Beck: The Most Beautiful Ugly". PopMatters. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- 1 2 Gieben, Bram E. (September 26, 2012). "Thavius Beck – The Most Beautiful Ugly". The Skinny. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
External links
- The Most Beautiful Ugly at Discogs (list of releases)