Bodily Functions (album)

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bodily-functions-mw0000009568|title=Bodily Functions – Herbert|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Bush|first=John}}

| rev2 = Fact

| rev2score = 4.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/01/08/herbert-bodily-functions/|title=Bodily Functions|website=Fact|date=8 January 2013|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Finlayson|first=Angus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010221/https://www.factmag.com/2013/01/08/herbert-bodily-functions/|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Muzik

| rev3score = 5/5{{cite magazine|title=Herbert: Bodily Functions|magazine=Muzik|issue=73|date=June 2001|last=Moore|first=Ralph|page=72}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 8.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3834-bodily-functions/|title=Matthew Herbert: Bodily Functions|website=Pitchfork|date=5 June 2001|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Cooper|first=Paul}}

| rev5 = Resident Advisor

| rev5score = 4.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/12177|title=Matthew Herbert – Bodily Functions|website=Resident Advisor|date=7 January 2013|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Stubbs|first=David|author-link=David Stubbs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506230819/https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/12177|archive-date=6 May 2019|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/herbert/albums/album/142154/review/5946835/bodily_functions|title=Herbert: Bodily Functions|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=5 July 2001|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706014346/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/herbert/albums/album/142154/review/5946835/bodily_functions|archive-date=6 July 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Herbert|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/376 376]}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/herbert-bodily-functions/|title=Review: Herbert, Bodily Functions|website=Slant Magazine|date=14 June 2001|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = 8/10{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea8eQMnU_iIC&pg=PA135|title=Herbert: Bodily Functions|magazine=Spin|volume=17|issue=7|date=July 2001|access-date=17 March 2016|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Reynolds|page=135}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Herbert: Bodily Functions|magazine=Uncut|issue=51|date=August 2001|page=92}}

}}

John Bush of AllMusic praised Bodily Functions as "the perfect marriage of art and intelligence". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said: "Often jazzy, often housey and sometimes folky, the album rarely misses a beat in any of its assumed genres." PopMatters writer Kevin Strychalski called the album Herbert's "Mona Lisa", writing that "never before has an artist working within the electronic medium delivered an album of such depth and maturity."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/herbert-bodily-2495937416.html|title=Herbert: Bodily Functions|website=PopMatters|date=4 June 2001|access-date=1 December 2015|last=Strychalski|first=Kevin}} Slant Magazine named Bodily Functions the third best album of 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/2001-year-in-music|title=Top 10 Albums, Singles, and Music Videos of 2001|website=Slant Magazine|date=15 December 2001|access-date=17 March 2018|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}

Pitchfork placed Bodily Functions at number 173 on its list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=3|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s|website=Pitchfork|date=2 October 2009|access-date=1 December 2015|page=3}} Bodily Functions was also named the 16th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.{{cite web|url=https://ra.co/features/1144|title=RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s|website=Resident Advisor|date=25 January 2010|access-date=1 December 2015}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = You're Unknown to Me

| length1 = 2:13

| title2 = It's Only

| length2 = 7:21

| title3 = Foreign Bodies

| length3 = 5:37

| title4 = Suddenly

| length4 = 6:29

| title5 = I Know

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Leave Me Now

| length6 = 6:36

| title7 = The Last Beat

| length7 = 4:20

| title8 = You Saw It All

| length8 = 7:04

| title9 = On Reflection

| length9 = 4:29

| title10 = About This Time Each Day

| length10 = 3:44

| title11 = Addiction

| length11 = 6:44

| title12 = I Miss You

| length12 = 4:52

| title13 = It's Only a Reprise

| length13 = 1:57

| title14 = The Audience

| length14 = 6:15

}}

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Matthew Herbert – production, piano, Rhodes piano, violin, bass guitar
• Dani Siciliano – vocals, clarinet
• Luca Santucci – vocals
• Shingai Shoniwa – vocals
• Peter Wraight – bass clarinet, flugelhorn, flute, trumpet
• John Matthias – violin
• Phil Parnell – piano
• Jim Mullen – guitar
• Dave Green – double bass
• Paul Clarvis – drums

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