RoadKillOvercoat

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Field	Value
name	RoadKillOvercoat
type	studio
artist	Busdriver
cover	RoadKillOvercoat cover.jpg
released
genre	Hip hop
length
label	Epitaph Records
producer
prev_title	Fear of a Black Tangent
prev_year	2005
next_title	Jhelli Beam
next_year	2009
misc	{{Singles
name	RoadKillOvercoat
type	studio
single1	Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now)
single1date
single2	Sun Shower
single2date
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| name = RoadKillOvercoat | type = studio | artist = Busdriver | cover = RoadKillOvercoat cover.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = | label = Epitaph Records | producer = | prev_title = Fear of a Black Tangent | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Jhelli Beam | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = RoadKillOvercoat | type = studio | single1 = Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now) | single1date = | single2 = Sun Shower | single2date = RoadKillOvercoat is the fifth studio album by American rapper Busdriver. It was released on Epitaph Records in 2007.

Critical reception

| MC = 68/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2score = | rev3 = Cokemachineglow | rev3score = 71/100 | rev4 = Exclaim! | rev4score = mixed | rev5 = Pitchfork | rev5score = 6.9/10 | rev6 = Spin | rev6score = mixed | rev7 = Stylus Magazine | rev7score = B+ | rev8 = XLR8R | rev8score = favorable At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jason Crock of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, saying, "Nobody and Boom Bip provide beats that draw from a wider range of styles and flirt with an alien, psychedelic edge, giving Busdriver enough room to be as weird as he wants to be."

Jeff Shaw of City Pages placed it at number 10 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2007" list.

Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Casting Agents and Cowgirls | length1 = 3:17 | extra1 = Nobody | title2 = Less Yes's, More No's | length2 = 4:21 | extra2 = Nobody | title3 = Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now) | length3 = 3:50 | extra3 = Boom Bip | title4 = Ethereal Driftwood | length4 = 3:43 | extra4 = | title5 = Secret Skin | length5 = 3:28 | extra5 = Nobody | title6 = Sun Shower | length6 = 4:08 | extra6 = Boom Bip | title7 = Go Slow | note7 = featuring Bianca Casady | length7 = 3:06 | extra7 = | title8 = The Troglodyte Wins | length8 = 3:22 | extra8 = Nobody | title9 = Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun | length9 = 3:10 | extra9 = Nobody | title10 = (Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor | length10 = 3:12 | extra10 = Boom Bip | title11 = Mr. Mistakes (Bested by the Whisper Chasm) | length11 = 4:02 | extra11 = Nobody | title12 = Dream Catcher's Mitt | length12 = 3:43 | extra12 = Boom Bip | total_length = 43:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Busdriver – vocals, production (4, 7)
• Nobody – production (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11)
• Boom Bip – production (3, 6, 10, 12), vocals (12)
• Bianca Casady – vocals (7), production (7)
• Isaiah Ikey Owens – synthesizer (11)
• Yadira Brown – vocals (12)
• Seripop – design

References

References

1. "RoadKillOvercoat". [[Epitaph Records]].
2. "Roadkill Overcoat by Busdriver". [[CBS Interactive]].
3. Brown, Marisa. "RoadKillOvercoat - Busdriver". [[AllMusic]].
4. Christgau, Robert. "Busdriver". [[Christgau's Consumer Guide]].
5. Sinacola, Dom. (February 2, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadkillOvercoat". [[Cokemachineglow]].
6. Khanna, Vish. (February 26, 2007). "Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat". [[Exclaim!]].
7. Crock, Jason. (February 1, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat". [[Pitchfork (website).
8. Aaron, Charles. (March 30, 2007). "Busdriver, 'RoadKillOvercoat' (Anti-/Epitaph)". [[Spin (magazine).
9. Weiss, Dan. (October 12, 2007). "Busdriver - Roadkillovercoat". [[Stylus Magazine]].
10. Mackey, Robbie. (February 22, 2007). "Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat". [[XLR8R]].
11. Shaw, Jeff. (December 28, 2007). "My Top 10 Albums of 2007". [[City Pages]].

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