Butter
by Hudson Mohawke
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Oct 27, 2009
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  1. clem666
    Jun 3, 2022
    8
    First album effort from Hudson Mohawke. Just wow. As amazing as surprising. This album just made so many people doubt about Hudson's sanity.
    I couldn't even think about something more varied and eclectic than what Hudson managed to craft in 'Butter'. It benefits from both deep tenderness and roughness. To me 'Butter' specifically succeeds in its first leg. 'Acoustic Lady' gives me    First album effort from Hudson Mohawke. Just wow. As amazing as surprising. This album just made so many people doubt about Hudson's sanity.
    I couldn't even think about something more varied and eclectic than what Hudson managed to craft in 'Butter'. It benefits from both deep tenderness and roughness. To me 'Butter' specifically succeeds in its first leg. 'Acoustic Lady' gives me goosebumps. But after 'Rising 5' the quality starts to decrease and I felt the project becoming less attractive, less nuanced and less focused, with the major exceptions being 'No One Could Ever' and obviously the gigantic 'FUSE'. I could also underline the very end with the beat switch on 'Black n Red' which I found to be terrific. The second leg sees more chanting verses and some tracks going nearer and nearer to annoying. But to me it simply can't erase the grandiosity of what Hudson intalled from the beginning.
    I already have listened to some of Hudson Mohawke's pieces of work but I still have to admit that 'Butter' is considered to be near the top.    … Expand

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#94 Best Album of 2009

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Sometimes needlessly complex and, at its worst, goofy for the sake of being goofy--proper boots-in-a-dryer bizniz with shrill flotsam swirling about--these tracks can be as off-putting as they are exhilarating.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    There’s a lot more going on besides, maybe a touchstone too much at times, but you’d have to have either incredibly specific or incredibly boring taste to not find some gold herein.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    70
    If you're in the wrong mood it can be a touch wearing by the end, but more often than not this is 21st century funk gone right.
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