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Toeachizown

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Toeachizown
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009 (2x CD)
January 2010 (5x LP)
RecordedFunkmosphere Lab in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA
GenrePost-disco, Electro[1]
Lengthapprox. 120:00
LabelStones Throw Records (STH2232)
ProducerLeon Sylvers III, Peanut Butter Wolf (exec.), Damon G. Riddick
Dâm-Funk chronology
Rhythm Trax Vol. IV
(2008)
Toeachizown
(2009)
Adolescent Funk
(2010)

Toeachizown is the first solo studio album by American neo-boogie musician Dâm-Funk, released on October 27, 2009 by Stones Throw Records. Album was produced by Leon Sylvers III, a record producer of SOLAR Records and a member of 70s disco group The Sylvers. The album is influenced by 1980s funk, post-disco, electro, boogie, P-funk, sci-fi music of the 1970s and the 1980s and other eighties-influenced music. The album was generally well received by critics.[2][3][4][5]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Pitchfork(8.2/10)[3]
  • The Allmusic (4/5) review by Andy Kellman awarded the album 4 stars stating "what also sets Dâm apart from his contemporaries is a total reliance on, and mastery of, old gear; that's how some of these tracks swing like the best of Mtume's '80s albums while bouncing, kicking, and squirming like Zapp and early Prince."[5]
  • The Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) review by Nate Patrin states that "Toeachizown is a deep, astute collection that feels like a natural resuscitation and progression of funk as it stood just before hip hop usurped it."[3]
  • The Guardian (unrated) review by Alex Macpherson states that "Though DâM-FunK's brilliant debut album, Toeachizown, is unmistakably funk in lineage, it somehow sounds unlike anything else."[2]

Track listing

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All songs written by Damon G. Riddick.[6]

Part I
No.TitleLength
1."Let's Take Off (Far Away)"6:03
2."Come On Outside"4:17
3."Mirrors"3:19
4."One Less Day" (featuring G-Shaft)5:22
5."Brookside Park"9:49
6."The Sky Is Ours"7:17
7."(My Funk Goes) On & On"4:05
8."Searchin' 4 Funk's Future"7:42
9."Love Is Here 2nite (I Can Feel It)"4:59
10."I Wanna Thank You For (Steppin Into My Life)"6:09
11."Fantasy"6:18
12."Keep Lookin' 2 The Sky"4:34
Part II
No.TitleLength
1."Toeachizown (D-F's Theme)"2:23
2."10 West"5:55
3."Flying V Ride"5:21
4."Burn Straight Thru U"5:12
5."Candy Dancin'" (featuring Mark de Clive-Lowe)8:23
6."Rollin'"6:58
7."Hood Pass Intact"5:01
8."Killdat (aka Killdatmuthafu*ka)"6:53
9."I Gots 2 Be Done Wit' U"6:09
10."LAtrifying"4:13
11."Spacecapades"6:29
12."In Flight"6:34

Release history

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Country Date Format
United States[7] October 20, 2009 CD, LP
Worldwide[7] October 20, 2009 CD, LP

References

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  1. ^ "DâM-FunK, suave saviour of the lost funk". theguardian.com.
  2. ^ a b MacPherson, Alex (2009-11-26). "Dam Funk - Toeachizown (review)". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c "Dam Funk - Toeachizown (review)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. ^ Caramanica, Jon (2009-06-26). "Dam Funk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  5. ^ a b c "Toeachizown (album)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  6. ^ "Toeachizown (album)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  7. ^ a b "IN THE STORE: Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Double-CD Version) 2/CD". Stone Throw Records website. Retrieved 2011-08-30.