Blow Your Headphones

by The Herbaliser

Blow Your Headphones cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 March 1997
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:11:14
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Jake Wherry, Ollie Teeba, Patrick Dawes, What? What?, Malachi Trout, Kaidi Tatham, Fabian Stephenson, Jonny Cuba

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A quintessential Ninja Tune release blending head-nodding breakbeats with mellow instrumental hip-hop and nu jazz sampling. The Herbaliser constructs a nocturnal, mechanical urban groove that feels perfectly suited for a surreal, laid-back party setting.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, sampling, party, instrumental, funky, dusty, underground

Tracklist

  1. Opening Credits (1:29)
  2. The Blend (3:41)
  3. Another Mother (6:47)
  4. Excuse Me (1:11)
  5. Ginger Jumps The Fence (5:01)
  6. Put It On Tape (3:42)
  7. New + Improved (3:58)
  8. Mr Chombee Has The Flaw (4:17)
  9. Intermission (1:01)
  10. Saturday Night (5:06)
  11. Shocker Zulu (5:15)
  12. Hardcore (4:30)
  13. Shortys' Judgement (5:45)
  14. More Styles (1:40)
  15. A Mother (For Your Mind) (6:48)
  16. Bring It (3:59)
  17. Theme From Control Centre - reprise (4:40)
  18. End Credits (2:15)

Credits

  • What? What? - rap, featuring, lyrics by, lyrics by [hardcore monologue written by]
  • Patrick Dawes - percussion
  • Big Ted - lyrics by, scratches
  • Fabian Stephenson - rap, featuring, lyrics by
  • Oliver Parfitt - synthesizer [moog prodigy]

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