The Music Scene (album)

The Music Scene is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop producer Blockhead. It was released on Ninja Tune on November 3, 2009.^[1] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.^[2]

The Music Scene
Studio album by Blockhead
Released	November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)
Genre	Instrumental hip hop
Length	63:19
Label	Ninja Tune
Producer	Blockhead
Blockhead chronology
Uncle Tony's Coloring Book (2007) The Music Scene (2009) Interludes After Midnight (2012)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
BBC	favorable[4]
Consequence of Sound	C−[5]
Exclaim!	favorable[6]
MusicOMH	[7]
PopMatters	[1]
Resident Advisor	2.5/5[8]
XLR8R	6.5/10[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Rick Anderson of AllMusic commented that "Everyone makes sample-based music these days, but very few people use found sounds and prefab musical snippets as creatively and thoughtfully as Blockhead does."^[3]

Sarah Ferguson of Exclaim! said, "The music found on The Music Scene broadcasts a place for explorative musical journeying much greater than one found on pop radio."^[6]

Ben Hogwood of MusicOMH wrote, "For Blockhead, this album would seem to open up a whole new realm of possibilities, showing as it does an ability to break out of the confines of hip hop, which he had already mastered."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's Raining Clouds"	5:54
2.	"The Music Scene"	4:49
3.	"Only Sequences Change"	4:44
4.	"Which One of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer?"	4:48
5.	"Attack the Doctor"	5:46
6.	"The Prettiest Sea Slug"	4:35
7.	"The Daily Routine"	6:48
8.	"Tricky Turtle"	4:38
9.	"Four Walls"	5:42
10.	"Pity Party"	4:22
11.	"Hell Camp"	4:37
12.	"Farewell Spaceman"	6:35
Total length:		63:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD liner notes.

• Blockhead – production
• DJ Signify – co-production (11), turntables (1, 12)
• Damien Paris – guitar (7, 9), bass guitar (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Wilder Zoby – vocoder (9)
• Baby Dayliner – mixing
• Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
• Owen Brozman – artwork
• Matt Rota – color, design

References

1. Schiller, Mike (January 21, 2010). "Blockhead: The Music Scene". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
2. "The Music Scene - Blockhead". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
3. Anderson, Rick. "Blockhead - The Music Scene". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
4. Hesketh, Sam (2010). "Blockhead - The Music Scene - Review". BBC. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
5. Maideron, Ted (January 26, 2010). "Blockhead – The Music Scene". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
6. Ferguson, Sarah (January 8, 2010). "Blockhead - The Music Scene". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
7. Hogwood, Ben (January 18, 2010). "Blockhead – The Music Scene". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
8. Clarke, Paul (January 18, 2010). "Blockhead - The Music Scene". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
9. Geary, Rob (February 3, 2010). "Blockhead The Music Scene". XLR8R. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.

External links

• The Music Scene at Discogs (list of releases)