Hunger Pains
{{about|the album|the parody of The Hunger Games|The Hunger Pains}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Hunger Pains
| type = Album
| artist = Muph & Plutonic
| cover = Hunger Pains.jpg
| alt =
| released = 20 October 2004
| recorded = 'Two Rooms on a Budget' / Crookneck Studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Australian hip hop
| length = 47:45
| label = Obese Records
| producer = Plutonic Lab
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Silence the Sirens
| next_year = 2006
}}
Hunger Pains is the debut album from Muph & Plutonic and was released on 20 October 2004. It received national airplay on Triple J radio station.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = In the Mix
| rev1Score = (positive){{cite news | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120916132059/http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/18166/Muph_Plutonic_Lab_Hunger_Pains | url = http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/18166/Muph_Plutonic_Lab_Hunger_Pains | title = Muph + Plutonic Lab Hunger Pains | last = Sophiska | work = In The Mix | publisher = Sound Alliance | archivedate = 16 September 2012 | date = 27 October 2004 | accessdate = 3 November 2015 }}
| rev2 = Triple J
| rev3 = Urban Smarts
| rev3Score = (positive){{cite web | url = http://www.urbansmarts.com/reviews/albums/muphplutonic.htm | title = Muph + Plutonic – Hunger Pains | author = Tadah | work = Urban Smarts | date = 4 April 2005 | accessdate = 3 November 2015 }}
| rev4 = The Sydney Morning Herald
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Citation | last = Sasson | first = Chloe | date = 3 December 2004 | title = Heaps good | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald }}
| rev5 = Herald-Sun
| rev5Score = (positive){{Citation | last = Te Koha | first = Nui | date = 21 October 2004 | title = cd reviews | periodical = Herald-Sun }}
}}
Triple J's reviewer described Hunger Pains "Putting their experiences and talents together to honestly reflect Australian life as they see it, Muph + Plutonic sample, scratch and rap their way through tracks."{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s1246691.htm | title = Hunger Pains: Triple J Music Reviews | publisher = Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) | date = 19 November 2004 | accessdate = 3 November 2015 }}
Track listing
- "Intro" - 0:32
- "Work Hard" - 3:13
- Skit - 0:12
- "Heaps Good" - 4:01
- "Raise Ya Voice" (feat. Nicola) - 3:53
- "Gimme Tha Mic" - 3:32
- "Beer Goggles" - 4:18
- "Moment of Clarity" - 4:09
- "The Jason Chapman Sway" - 3:08
- "Scars and Stains" (feat. Minas of Art of War) - 3:39
- "Becoming Agrophobic" - 4:17
- "Hunger Pains (feat. Raph Boogie of Mnemonic Ascent) - 3:48
- "Paracetamol" - 4:27
- "Your Choice 'Kings'" (feat. The Grouch of Living Legends) - 4:36