Pick a Bigger Weapon is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group The Coup. It was released on Epitaph Records on April 25, 2006. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,[10] as well as number 35 on the Independent Albums chart.[11]
Pick a Bigger Weapon | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 25, 2006 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 65:13 | |||
Label | Epitaph Records | |||
Producer | Boots Riley, Organized Elements | |||
The Coup chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | A−[3] |
Robert Christgau | A[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
Pitchfork | 7.9/10[6] |
PopMatters | [7] |
Slant Magazine | [8] |
Stylus Magazine | C[9] |
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 78 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Rolling Stone named it the 49th best album of 2006.[12] ThoughtCo placed it at number 9 on the "Best Rap Albums of 2006" list.[13]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bullets and Love (Introduction)" | 1:29 |
2. | "We Are the Ones" | 4:15 |
3. | "Laugh/Love/Fuck" | 3:46 |
4. | "My Favorite Mutiny" (featuring Black Thought and Talib Kweli) | 4:35 |
5. | "IJusWannaLayArounAllDayInBedWithYou" | 5:16 |
6. | "Head (of State)" | 2:48 |
7. | "ShoYoAss" | 6:20 |
8. | "Yes 'Em to Death" | 1:17 |
9. | "Ass-Breath Killers" | 3:00 |
10. | "Get That Monkey Off Your Back" | 3:11 |
11. | "MindFuck (A New Equation)" | 4:20 |
12. | "Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Down" (featuring Jello Biafra) | 1:15 |
13. | "I Love Boosters!" | 3:45 |
14. | "Tiffany Hall" | 4:24 |
15. | "BabyLet'sHaveABabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy" (featuring Silk E) | 4:23 |
16. | "Captain Sterling's Little Problem" (featuring Tom Morello) | 4:31 |
17. | "The Stand" | 6:37 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Boots Riley – vocals, claps, drum programming, production, recording, mixing
- Pam the Funkstress – turntables
Additional musicians
- Michael Aaberg – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), piano (4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17), clavinet (7, 10), organ (10, 17)
- Steve Wyreman – guitar (1)
- IRS – vocals (2)
- Moses Kremer – guitar (2)
- Uriah Duffy – bass guitar (2, 11, 15)
- Oslem Asina – vocals (3)
- Silk E – vocals (3, 15)
- Reginald Brown – vocals (3)
- Dawn-Elissa Fischer – vocals (3, 5)
- Dave Council – bass guitar (3, 4, 10, 14), piano (13, 14), synthesizer (14)
- James Henry – congas (3), percussion (4)
- Black Thought – vocals (4)
- Talib Kweli – vocals (4)
- Rod Gadson – vocals (4)
- Viveca Hawkins – vocals (4, 9)
- Eric McFadden – guitar (4, 9, 10, 11)
- David James – guitar (5, 11, 14)
- Damion Gallegos – guitar (5), claps (5), recording
- John Payne – bass guitar (5)
- Damion Masterson – harmonica (5)
- Ben Barnes – viola (5, 14, 15), violin (5, 14, 15), cello (14)
- Rebekah Raff – harp (5)
- Brian Collier – drums (5)
- Degi Simmons – congas (5, 10)
- Kween – vocals (6, 17)
- Lawrence "L" Wiley – vocals (6, 16)
- Elijah Baker – bass guitar (6, 7, 13, 17)
- Reggie B. – vocals (7)
- B'nai Rebelfront – guitar (7)
- Dawud Allah – vocals (8)
- Jordan Rode – vocals (8)
- Butch – vocals (9)
- Alina Hubbard-Riley – vocals (10)
- stic.man – vocals (10)
- Dawud Allah – vocals (12)
- Jordan Rode – vocals (12), recording
- Jello Biafra – vocals (12)
- Jubu Smith – guitar (13, 14, 16)
- Myron Glasper – vocals (13, 14)
- D'wayne Wiggins – guitar (15)
- Reginald Brown – vocals (16)
- Tom Morello – guitar (16)
- Vernon Hall – bass guitar (16)
- Q Jackson – cymbal (17)
- Cameron Hunt – guitar (17)
- Pete Ortega – saxophone (17)
- Isaac Tena – trumpet (17)
- Organized Elements – drum programming (17), production (17)
Technical personnel
- Matt Kelley – recording, mixing
- Kenneth Hung – cover art
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
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US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] | 24 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] | 35 |
References
External links
- Pick a Bigger Weapon at Discogs (list of releases)
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