Mr. Scruff - Trouser Jazz


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Label: Ninja Tune
Catalog#: ZENCD65
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released:Sep 2002
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Future Jazz
Credits: Engineer - Danny Evans
Mastered By - Voda
Mixed By - Danny Evans , Mr. Scruff
Notes:Mastered at 10th Planet.
Track 2 contains a sample of Roll On by Fireball
Track 10 contains a sample of Jazz Jump by King Pleasure
Rating: 3.88/5 (101 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   Here We Go (1:11)
2   Sweet Smoke (6:36)
3   Beyond (3:48)
    Vocals - Seaming To
4   Shrimp (7:01)
    Bass - Sneaky (2)
  Keyboards, Percussion - Andy Kingslow
5   Come Alive (5:15)
    Vocals - Niko
6   Shelf Wobbler (6:31)
7   Giffin (5:56)
8   Valley Of The Sausages (5:00)
    Bass, Cello - Sneaky (2)
  Flute - Moss
  Vocals - Seaming To
9   Champion Nibble (3:34)
    Organ [Hammond] - Andy Kingslow
10   Come On Grandad (5:47)
11   Vibrate (3:09)
    Vocals - Braintax
12   Ug (4:37)
13   Ahoy There! (4:24)
    Backing Vocals - Albert Ross
User Reviews:
scoundrel, May 11, 2005

On the heels of his success with KEEP IT UNREAL, Mr. Scruff quickly offered TROUSER JAZZ. This album, however, feels a bit rushed and not quite as realized. For one, the songs seem to lack direction or development; “Shrimp” is an example. It’s catchy, yes, but it also goes nowhere. Even the cut-up end track “Ahoy There!” (again celebrating aquatic life) doesn’t feel completely thought through. But tracks like the dark-hued “Beyond” or its equally mysterious brother, “Valley of the Sausages” (with Seaming pulling an Yma Sumac) go a long way in giving the album some pep. “Come on Grandad” encourages you to pull up your trouser legs and shimmy. Still fun, but certainly not as accomplished as his earlier work.

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