Awfully Deep

Awfully Deep
Studio album by Roots Manuva
Released 28 January 2005 (2005-01-28)
Genre Hip hop
Length 51:27 (original)
74:42 (limited edition)
Label Big Dada
Producer Roots Manuva (Lord Gosh), The Easy Access Orchestra, Blackitude, Wayne Bennett, Steve Dub
Roots Manuva chronology
Dub Come Save Me
(2002)		 Awfully Deep
(2005)		 Back to Mine: Roots Manuva
(2005)
Singles from Awfully Deep
  1. "Colossal Insight"
    Released: 17 January 2005
  2. "Too Cold"
    Released: 21 March 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Dusted Magazinefavorable[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork6.4/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
Stylus MagazineA−[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]
Yahoo! Musicfavorable [10]

Awfully Deep is a studio album by British alternative hip hop artist Roots Manuva, released in 2005 by Big Dada.

A limited edition version of the CD was released, which included a second disc entitled The Noodle Pack: Demos, Versions and Exclusives.

In October 2011, it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which indicated sales in excess of 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[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 80% based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Mind 2 Motion"Lord Gosh4:46
2."Awfully Deep"Lord Gosh4:02
3."Cause 4 Pause" (featuring DJ MK)Lord Gosh1:11
4."Colossal Insight"Lord Gosh3:45
5."Too Cold" (featuring Hazel Sim and DJ MK)Roots Manuva, The Easy Access Orchestra3:58
6."A Haunting"Roots Manuva, The Easy Access Orchestra3:57
7."Rebel Heart" (featuring Marshmello)Roots Manuva3:33
8."Chin High" (featuring DJ MK)Roots Manuva5:25
9."Babylon Medicine"Blackitude3:16
10."Pause 4 Cause"Lord Gosh, Steve Dub1:28
11."Move Ya Loin" (featuring Lotek)Wayne Lotek3:12
12."Thinking"Lord Gosh4:48
13."The Falling"The Easy Access Orchestra3:52
14."Toothbrush"Lord Gosh4:14
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Chin High (Manuvadelics Version)" (featuring Ricky Rankin & DJ MK)5.12
2."Too Cold (Demo Version)"3.27
3."Colossal Insight (Manoustic at Reading)" (featuring Ricky Rankin & DJ MK)3.59
4."Rebel Heart" (Manuvadelics Version)" (featuring Ricky Rankin & DJ MK)3.18
5."The Falling (Demo Version) / This World Is Mine (Demo Version)"7.19

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 24

References

  1. 1 2 "Awfully Deep by Roots Manuva". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. Awfully Deep at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Weiner, Jonah. "Awfully Deep". Blender. Alpha Media Group. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Drimmer, Josh (26 May 2005). "Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Peschek, David (28 January 2005). "CD: Roots Manuva, Awfully Deep". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Breihan, Tom (27 March 2005). "Roots Manuva: Awfully Deep Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Braidwood, Stefan (15 February 2005). "Roots Manuva: Awfully Deep". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Southall, Nick (4 February 2005). "Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Celebrity - Yahoo News UK". uk.launch.yahoo.com.
  11. ↑ "As Adele hits thirteen times platinum across Europe, over 60 artists pick up IMPALA Sales Awards, including Manel, Bon Iver, Miossec, dEUS, Agnes Obel and The Horrors". Independent Music Companies Association. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Roots Manuva". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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