Ten is the second and final album by American hip hop trio Clouddead.[2] It was released on March 8, 2004 on Big Dada in the United Kingdom[1] and on March 16, 2004 on Mush Records in the United States.[3] "Dead Dogs Two" was released as a single from the album.[4] The album peaked at number 17 on the UK Independent Albums Chart,[5] as well as number 16 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.[6]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Ten received an average score of 74, based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]
Molloy Woodcraft of The Observer gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "A mish-mash of odd found sounds, woozy synths and hip hop beats form a bed for a collective scattershot collage of musings on love, life and mortality".[12] Ed Howard of Stylus Magazine said, "Having allowed hip-hop to fall pretty much entirely by the wayside, the trio has instead embraced the full strength of their abstract poetry and glitchy, junky, rock-informed musical landscapes."[15] Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, stating that "the strongest moments on Ten involve a sustain: sustained organ tones, long throbbing noises, stretches where the words trail off."[13]
In February 2004, The Observer listed "Dead Dogs Two" as the "Song of the Month".[18]
CMJ placed Ten at number 10 on the "Top 20 Albums of 2004" list.[19] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 71 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[20]
