RoadKillOvercoat is a studio album by American rapper Busdriver. It was released on Epitaph Records in 2007.[1]

RoadKillOvercoat
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2007 (2007-01-30)
GenreHip hop
Length43:22
LabelEpitaph Records
Producer
Busdriver chronology
Fear of a Black Tangent
(2005)
RoadKillOvercoat
(2007)
Jhelli Beam
(2009)
Singles from RoadKillOvercoat
  1. "Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now)"
    Released: 2006 (2006)
  2. "Sun Shower"
    Released: 2007 (2007)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Robert Christgau   [4]
Cokemachineglow71/100[5]
Exclaim!mixed[6]
Pitchfork6.9/10[7]
Spinmixed[8]
Stylus MagazineB+[9]
XLR8Rfavorable[10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Jason Crock of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, saying, "Nobody and Boom Bip provide beats that draw from a wider range of styles and flirt with an alien, psychedelic edge, giving Busdriver enough room to be as weird as he wants to be."[7]

Jeff Shaw of City Pages placed it at number 10 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2007" list.[11]

Track listing

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No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Casting Agents and Cowgirls"Nobody3:17
2."Less Yes's, More No's"Nobody4:21
3."Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now)"Boom Bip3:50
4."Ethereal Driftwood"
3:43
5."Secret Skin"Nobody3:28
6."Sun Shower"Boom Bip4:08
7."Go Slow" (featuring Bianca Casady)
3:06
8."The Troglodyte Wins"Nobody3:22
9."Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun"Nobody3:10
10."(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor"Boom Bip3:12
11."Mr. Mistakes (Bested by the Whisper Chasm)"Nobody4:02
12."Dream Catcher's Mitt"Boom Bip3:43
Total length:43:22

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Busdriver – vocals, production (4, 7)
  • Nobody – production (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11)
  • Boom Bip – production (3, 6, 10, 12), vocals (12)
  • Bianca Casady – vocals (7), production (7)
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – synthesizer (11)
  • Yadira Brown – vocals (12)
  • Seripop – design

References

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  1. ^ "RoadKillOvercoat". Epitaph Records. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Roadkill Overcoat by Busdriver". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Brown, Marisa. "RoadKillOvercoat - Busdriver". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Busdriver". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Sinacola, Dom (February 2, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadkillOvercoat". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on September 6, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Khanna, Vish (February 26, 2007). "Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Crock, Jason (February 1, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Aaron, Charles (March 30, 2007). "Busdriver, 'RoadKillOvercoat' (Anti-/Epitaph)". Spin. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  9. ^ Weiss, Dan (October 12, 2007). "Busdriver - Roadkillovercoat". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Mackey, Robbie (February 22, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat". XLR8R. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Shaw, Jeff (December 28, 2007). "My Top 10 Albums of 2007". City Pages. Retrieved April 4, 2016.

Further reading

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