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Number 226 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century20th CenturyDowntempo

Let Us Play!

Coldcut

1997 · plunderphonics · breakbeat · downtempo · drum and bass

Ninja Tune · ZEN CD 30

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№ 226 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century

Timber and a CD-ROM; Ninja Tune's most restless record

Coldcut throw every idea they have at Let Us Play! and make the restlessness part of the design. 'Timber', the CD-ROM and the cut-and-paste overload turn sample culture into play rather than homework. The clutter is not a flaw to overcome; it is how the record thinks.

№ 18 on The 10 Best Downtempo Albums

Ninja Tune's founders at their most maximal. More restless than the genre usually allows, which is the point.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Return To Margin8:32
  2. 1-2Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge Mix)7:06
  3. 1-3More Beats + Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up Mix)6:08
  4. 1-4Rubaiyat6:42
  5. 1-5Pan Opticon6:59
  6. 1-6Music 4 No Musicians7:02
  7. 1-7Noah's Toilet4:33
  8. 1-8Space Journey4:20
  9. 1-9Timber4:32
  10. 1-10Every Home A Prison7:03
  11. 1-11Cloned Again4:40
  12. 1-12I'm Wild About That Thing (The Lost Sex Tapes: Position 1)7:24
  13. 2-1Atomic Moog 2000 (Bullet Train)3:55
  14. 2-Video1Frog Jam3:15
  15. 2-Video2Natural Rhythm3:56
  16. 2-Video3Timber4:55
  17. 2-Video4More Beats And Pieces5:41
  18. 2-Video5Panopticon5:03
  19. 2-Video6Atomic Moog 20005:03
  20. 2-Video7Music For No Musicians4:05
  21. 2-Video8Noah's Toilet3:46