Kill the Vultures (album)
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| Released | April 19, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 31:45 | |||
| Label | Jib Door | |||
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Kill the Vultures is the debut album by Minnesota alternative hip hop group Kill the Vultures. It was released in 2005 by Jib Door.
Kill the Vultures was a spinoff of hip-hop quintet Oddjobs, consisting of four of its five members who had moved home to Minnesota from California after Oddjobs' breakup. Taking a new artistic direction from Oddjobs' more mainstream rap sound, Kill the Vultures pursued riskier material influenced by film noir and jazz.[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | Favorable[2] |
| Fake For Real | (positive)[3] |
Christopher Weingarten of CMJ New Music Monthly compared the album favorably to Tom Waits' Real Gone, calling it a "dark, brooding mess that clatters with the clanking toys stolen from the Bone Machine."[2] Music website Oddboll called the album "hip hop for John Cage and free jazz fans."[4]
The A.V. Club named Kill The Vultures one of the best Minnesota-made albums of 2005, praising its "raw, experimental hip-hop" and the performances of the three MCs, especially the "intense, wild, biting delivery" of Crescent Moon.[5]
The album received positive critical attention in Europe, leading to a string of concerts across the continent and a steady European following.[6] French website Fake For Real wrote positively about Kill the Vultures, calling it "urgent and accusatory hardcore rap" that serves as "a denunciation of our industrial and mechanical society. ... a series of devastating sax volleys, dismembered pianos and relentless percussion, and punk is never far away."[3]
In its hometown, Kill the Vultures was named 2005's Best Hip-Hop Artist in Minneapolis alt-weekly City Pages' annual music poll.[7] The group also placed third in City Pages annual "Picked To Click" band poll the same year.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lovin' You Dangerous" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Hidden Signals" | 1:56 |
| 3. | "The Vultures" | 3:11 |
| 4. | "7/8/09" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Good Intentions" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Sick Days Are Upon Us" | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Beasts Of Burden" | 5:10 |
| 8. | "Howl N' Heal" | 2:12 |
| 9. | "Behind These Eyes" | 3:58 |