Fucked Up Friends

Fucked Up Friends
Studio album by Tobacco
Released	October 14, 2008 (2008-10-14)[1]
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	Electronic
Length	38:24
Label	Anticon
Producer	Tobacco
Tobacco chronology
Fucked Up Friends (2008) The Allegheny White Fish Tapes (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	A[4]
Cokemachineglow	72/100[5]
NME	8/10[6]
Pitchfork	6.2/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
URB	[10]

Fucked Up Friends is the first studio album by American electronic musician Tobacco. It was released through Anticon on October 14, 2008.^[1] Aesop Rock provided vocals on "Dirt".^[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Kevin O Donnell of Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "one of the year's best stoner-rock records."^[9] Meanwhile, Joe Colly of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.2 out of 10, saying, "as an album, Fucked Up Friends lacks focus and variety."^[7]

Jeff Weiss of LA Weekly placed it at number 46 on the "50 Best Albums of the Year" list.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Street Trash"	1:55
2.	"Truck Sweat"	3:09
3.	"Hairy Candy"	3:15
4.	"Hawker Boat"	2:06
5.	"Side 8 (Big Gums Version)"	3:17
6.	"Yum Yum Cult"	1:06
7.	"Berries That Burn"	2:07
8.	"Get My Nails Did"	0:11
9.	"Dirt" (featuring Aesop Rock)	4:01
10.	"Gross Magik"	3:54
11.	"Little Pink Riding Hood"	2:01
12.	"Backwoods Altar"	4:08
13.	"-"	0:05
14.	"Tape Eater"	2:24
15.	"Pink Goo"	2:22
16.	"Grease Wizard"	2:09
Total length:		38:11

References

1. "Fucked Up Friends". Anticon. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
2. "Fucked Up Friends - Tobacco". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
3. Sendra, Tim. "Fucked Up Friends - Tobacco". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
4. Martins, Chris (January 5, 2009). "Tobacco: Fucked Up Friends". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
5. Langille, Justin (October 17, 2008). "Tobacco: Fucked Up Friends". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
6. Parkin, Chris (July 2, 2009). "Album Review: Tobacco - 'Fucked Up Friends'". NME. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
7. Colly, Joe (October 31, 2008). "TOBACCO: Fucked Up Friends". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
8. Gabriele, Timothy (November 4, 2008). "Tobacco: Fucked Up Friends". PopMatters. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
9. O'Donnell, Kevin (December 11, 2008). "Fucked Up Friends". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
10. Rodriguez, Ryan E. (October 28, 2008). "Tobacco :: Fucked Up Friends". URB. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
11. Weiss, Jeff (April 23, 2008). "Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow & Aesop Rock-"Dirt"". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
12. Weiss, Jeff (December 22, 2008). "Weiss' 50 Best Albums of the Year (#50-41)". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

External links

• Fucked Up Friends at Discogs (list of releases)