Beautiful Death Machine

Beautiful Death Machine
Studio album by
Swollen Members
ReleasedMarch 19, 2013[1]
Recorded2012–2013
GenreHip-hop
Length45:01
Labels
Producers
  • Rob The Viking
  • C-Lance
  • Aspect
Swollen Members chronology
Dagger Mouth
(2011) 		Beautiful Death Machine
(2013) 		Brand New Day
(2014)

Beautiful Death Machine is the seventh studio album by Canadian hip-hop group Swollen Members. The album was released on March 19, 2013, by Suburban Noize Records and Battle Axe Records. The album debuted at number 167 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 3,000 copies in the United States.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Exclaim!5/10[5]
HipHopDXStarStarStar[6]
RapReviews(7.5/10)[7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70 based on four reviews.[3]

David Jeffries of AllMusic highlighted the posse cuts "Death To You" and "Colossal Beats" as standout tracks and called the album a "busy, word-filled, and winning effort".[4]

Chris Dart of Exclaim! criticized the group for "rapping about rap". He wrote "technically speaking, Swollen Members are better now than they've ever been, but a decade-and-a-half in, they need to find new material".[5]

Steve Juon of RapReviews said "it's a dark and eerie backdrop with heavy pianos and equally heavy lyrics from Madchild", who he claimed was a "very polarizing rapper in terms of his pitch and delivery". He expressed "the Members ring all the right bells in a pugilistic display of Canadian hip-hop".[7]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Inception"Aspect4:19
2."Death to You" (featuring Heavy Metal Kings & Slaine)C-Lance4:31
3."Bax War"C-Lance3:45
4."King of Diamonds"Rob The Viking3:03
5."Juggernaut"Rob The Viking3:28
6."The Difference"Rob The Viking3:37
7."River Monster"C-Lance4:17
8."Mercenary"Rob The Viking2:26
9."Colossal Beasts" (featuring Esoteric, Celph Titled & Apathy)C-Lance3:54
10."Almost Famous"Rob The Viking4:01
11."Death Warrant"C-Lance3:58
12."Fear" (featuring Snak the Ripper)C-Lance3:43

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 167
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 3

References

  1. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (2013-01-17). "Swollen Members "Beautiful Death Machine" Tracklist & Cover Art". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  2. ^ Paine, Jake (2013-03-27). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/24/2013". HipHop DX. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Beautiful Death Machine by Swollen Members Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b David Jeffries (2013-03-19). "Beautiful Death Machine - Swollen Members". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  5. ^ a b Dart, Chris (20 March 2013). "Swollen Members Beautiful Death Machine". Exclaim!. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ^ Johnsen, Homer (2013-03-19). "Swollen Members - Beautiful Death Machine". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  7. ^ a b "Feature for March 19, 2013 - Swollen Members' "Beautiful Death Machine"". Rapreviews.com. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  8. ^ "Swollen Members Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  9. ^ "Swollen Members Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  10. ^ "Swollen Members Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  11. ^ "Swollen Members Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
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