Pretty Ugly (Scratcha DVA album)

Pretty Ugly
Studio album by
Scratcha DVA
Released2012
RecordedLondon, UK, Cape Town, South Africa and Atlanta, USA.
GenreElectronic
Length44:00
LabelHyperdub[1]
Scratcha DVA chronology
Pretty Ugly
(2012) 		NOTU URONLINEU
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[3]
NME[4]
Pitchfork6.4/10[5]

Pretty Ugly is the debut studio album by Scratcha DVA.[6] It was released 19 March 2012 through Hyperdub.[7]

Production

It was recorded in London, Cape Town, and Atlanta.[citation needed]

Critical reception

Pitchfork wrote that the album "wears its polemical heart on its sleeve, offering a manifesto for an approach to dance music that looks askew, glances awry, and always moves out of kilter."[5] The Quietus wrote that Pretty Ugly contains "a decent scattering of funky-ish house tracks," while allowing Scratcha DVA the opportunity to be more "stylistically divergent."[8] BBC Music called it "an exhilarating debut album from Leon Smart’s DVA alias, full of complexity."[9] Exclaim! wrote that the album's "decidedly upbeat atmosphere dodges any pattern or semblance."[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leon Smart

No.TitleLength
1."Reach the Sun"3:45
2."Just Vybe" (featuring Fatima)2:32
3."Polyphonic Dreams"4:58
4."Pretty Ugly" (featuring Cornelia)4:53
5."Bare Fuzz"5:03
6."Madness" (featuring Viktar Dupleix)3:10
7."Fire Fly" (featuring Zaki Ibrahim)2:42
8."Why You Do?" (featuring A.L.)2:24
9."The Big 5ive"4:49
10."Eye Know" (featuring Natalie Maddix)5:37
11."33rd Degree" (featuring Muhsinah)3:48
12."Where I Belong"3:46

References

  1. ^ "Scratcha DVA, Pretty Ugly". Hyperdub.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". Metacritic.
  3. ^ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". Clash Magazine. 12 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Reviews for Pretty Ugly [Album] by Scratcha DVA". NME. 17 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "DVA: Pretty Ugly". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "DVA | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "DVA - Pretty Ugly". 6 March 2012.
  8. ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | DVA". The Quietus.
  9. ^ Roullier, Ian. "BBC - Music - Review of DVA - Pretty Ugly". www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "DVA Pretty Ugly". exclaim.ca.