Cold Water Music
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Cold Water Music
| type = Album
| artist = Aim
| cover = Aim ColdWaterMusic albumcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1999|10|11|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Grand Central Studios (Manchester, England)
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|electronica|trip hop}}
| length = {{duration|m=49|s=57}}
| label = Grand Central
| producer = Aim
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Hinterland
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5|}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cold-water-music-mw0000070601|title=Cold Water Music – Aim|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=15 October 2018|last=Bush|first=John}}
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Aim: Cold Water Music (Grand Central)|magazine=Muzik|issue=53|date=October 1999|last=Bush|first=Calvin|page=97}}
| rev3 = Record Collector
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/cold-water-music-remastered|title=Aim – Cold Water Music (Remastered)|magazine=Record Collector|issue=456|date=August 2016|accessdate=28 March 2020|last=Goldsmith|first=Mike}}
}}
Cold Water Music is the debut studio album by British musician Aim, released on 11 October 1999 by Grand Central Records. The album was re-issued in 2007 by ATIC Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/10/31/291007_cwm_hinterland_feature.shtml|title=Aim – Cold Water Music/Hinterland (ATIC)|publisher=BBC Music|date=31 October 2007|accessdate=15 October 2018|last=Long|first=Chris}}
Song information
The first track, "Intro", contains a sample from the documentary Hoop Dreams (1994) of William Gates, one of the basketball players followed in the film, speaking from his recovery room after surgery. The commentary forms the lyrics to the track. The track "Cold Water Music" contains a sample of "Maureen in the Desert", written by Carter Burwell and taken from the soundtrack to the film Psycho III (1986). The extended dialogue in the track "Demonique" was sampled from the John Carpenter horror films, Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981). It features (primarily) the exchanges between the characters of Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) and Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers). The track "Ain't Got Time to Waste" is featured on the soundtrack of the European version of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The track “Force” includes a sample of Spirit's “Mr. Skin.”
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 0:55
| title2 = Cold Water Music
| length2 = 5:44
| title3 = The Force
| note3 = featuring Q'n'C
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Sail
| note4 = featuring Kate Rogers
| length4 = 5:14
| title5 = Downstate
| length5 = 4:14
| title6 = Ain't Got Time to Waste
| note6 = featuring YZ
| length6 = 4:08
| title7 = Fat City (Interlude)
| length7 = 0:38
| title8 = True to Hip Hop
| note8 = featuring A.G.
| length8 = 4:28
| title9 = Demonique
| length9 = 5:18
| title10 = A Tree, a Rock and a Cloud
| length10 = 4:17
| title11 = Journey to the End of the Night
| length11 = 5:27
| title12 = From Here to Fame
| note12 = featuring YZ
| length12 = 5:29
| total_length = 49:57
}}
Personnel
Credits for Cold Water Music adapted from album liner notes.{{cite AV media|title=Cold Water Music|others=Aim|type=liner notes|year=1999|publisher=Grand Central Records|id=GCCD105}}
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- Aim – arrangement, production, scratching, sleeve design
Additional musicians
- A.G. – performance
- Q'n'C – performance
- Kate Rogers – performance
- Josef Ward – horns
- YZ – performance
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Production
- Mike Ball – engineering (assistant)
- Steve Christian – engineering, mixing
- Nilesh Patel – mastering
Design
- Nick Fry – artwork, design
- Benge Newman – liner notes
- Tony Stone – photography
- Phil Turner – photography
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Charts
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!scope="col"| Chart (1999) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|UK2|193|M|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: A – Azzido Da Bass|publisher=Zobbel.de|accessdate=15 October 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|UKIndependent|28|date=19991017|accessdate=15 October 2018|rowheader=true}} |