Slime & Reason
2008 studio album by Roots Manuva
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| BBC | favorable |
| Billboard | favorable |
| The Independent | |
| musicOMH | |
| NME | |
| The Observer | |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
| PopMatters | |
| The Times | |
Slime & Reason is the sixth studio album of original material by Roots Manuva. It was released on 1 September 2008 on the Big Dada label. Hip Hop Connection magazine named it Album Of The Year 2008.
A limited-edition version of the album included a bonus CD, entitled Slime & Version, consisting of dub mixes by Wrongtom.
In 2009 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe.
01Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
02Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Again & Again" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "C.R.U.F.F." | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Do Nah Bodda Mi" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Let the Spirit" | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Kick Up Ya Feet" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "A Man's Talk" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Buff Nuff" | 2:15 |
| 8. | "It's Me Oh Lord" | 3:32 |
| 9. | "2 Much 2 Soon" | 5:23 |
| 10. | "Do 4 Self" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "The Show Must Go On" | 6:07 |
| 12. | "I'm a New Man" | 3:04 |
| 13. | "Well Alright" | 3:57 |
| 14. | "The Struggle" | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Again & Again & Again" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "I'm a New Man (A New Version)" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "A New Dub" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "9 Dubs a Year" | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Do Bodda Mi (in Digital)" | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Dub for the Worms" | 3:18 |
| 7. | "…And Again" | 2:33 |
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