Music by Cavelight

Music by Cavelight
Studio album by Blockhead
Released March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length 51:07 (UK)
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Blockhead
Blockhead chronology
Music by Cavelight
(2004)		 Downtown Science
(2005)
Singles from Music by Cavelight
  1. "Insomniac Olympics"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Sunday Seance"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
CMJ New Music Monthlyfavorable[3]
Exclaim!favorable[4]
HipHopDX[5]
MusicOMHfavorable[6]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[7]
PopMattersfavorable[8]
Stylus MagazineD+[9]

Music by Cavelight is the first studio album by American hip hop producer Blockhead.[8] It was released on Ninja Tune in 2004.[8]

Release

Music by Cavelight came about when Mush Records, for whom Blockhead had already produced a breakbeat album, asked him to produce an album.[10] After Mush Records stopped returning his phone calls, he and his manager sent the demos around other labels before Ninja Tune, having received a copy through Warp Records, offered to release the album.[10]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Music by Cavelight received an average score of 72% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Track listing

UK version
No.TitleLength
1."Insomniac Olympics"  5:06
2."Carnivores Unite"  4:46
3."You've Got Maelstrom"  4:47
4."Sunday Seance"  5:26
5."A Better Place"  4:26
6."Road Rage Breakdown"  4:15
7."Triptych Pt. 1"  4:03
8."Triptych Pt. 2"  3:04
9."Triptych Pt. 3"  2:54
10."Jet Son"  3:48
11."Breathe and Start"  4:22
12."Music by Cavelight"  4:10
North American version
No.TitleLength
1."Hello Popartz"  2:24
2."You've Got Maelstrom"  4:47
3."Carnivores Unite"  4:46
4."Sunday Seance"  5:26
5."A Better Place"  4:26
6."Road Rage Breakdown"  4:15
7."Triptych Pt. 1"  4:04
8."Triptych Pt. 2"  3:04
9."Triptych Pt. 3"  2:54
10."Jet Son"  3:48
11."Music by Cavelight"  4:10
12."Breathe and Start"  4:22
13."Bullfight in Ireland"  4:46
14."Insomniac Olympics"  5:06

References

  1. 1 2 "Music By Cavelight - Blockhead". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Music by Cavelight - Blockhead". AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hignight, Heath K. (2004). "Blockhead: Music By Cavelight". CMJ New Music Monthly (123): 37.
  4. ↑ Dix, Noel (January 1, 2006). "Blockhead - Music By Cavelight". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ J-23 (March 27, 2004). "Blockhead - Music By Cavelight". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hogwood, Ben (March 29, 2004). "Blockhead – Music By Cavelight". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Pemberton, Rollie (April 6, 2004). "Blockhead: Music by Cavelight". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Umile, Dominic (April 1, 2004). "Blockhead: Music by Cavelight". PopMatters. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Boeckel, Gentry (April 22, 2004). "Blockhead - Music By Cavelight". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Toddler, Demented (April 12, 2004). "Blockhead - Music By Cavelight". Spannered. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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