Quicksand (Noah23 album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Quicksand
| type = Album
| artist = Noah23
| cover = Noah23 quicksand.jpeg
| alt =
| released = May 18, 2002
| recorded = 2001–2002
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative hip hop
Underground hip hop
| length = 54:06
| label = Plague Language
2nd Rec
| producer = Noah23 (exec.), Lovely, Naval Aviator, Ognihs, Orphan, Sseleman, Troubadour, Warhol
| prev_title = Neophyte Phenotype
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Tau Ceti
| next_year = 2003
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/quicksand-mw0000986966 link]
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev2Score = (Positive) [http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/noah23-quicksand link]
| rev3 = Moving Hands
| rev3Score = {{Rating|7|10}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20030916031230/http://www.movinghands.net/reviews/detail.asp?id=625 link]
| rev4 = No Ripcord
| rev4Score = {{Rating|8|10}} [http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/noah23/quicksand link]
| rev5 = UKHH
| rev5Score = (Positive) [http://www.ukhh.com/oldreviews/nonuk/1049.html link]
| rev6 = Urban Smarts
| rev6Score = (64/100) [http://www.urbansmarts.com/reviews/albums/noah23.htm link]
| rev7 = Urbnet
| rev7Score = (Positive) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110920112405/http://www.urbnet.com/review.asp?cdid=865 link]
}}
Quicksand is a 2002 album by Canadian-American alternative hip hop artist Noah23.[http://www.ukhh.com/oldreviews/nonuk/1049.html Quicksand review, ukhh.com][http://www.urbnet.com/review.asp?CDID=865 Quicksand review, urbnet.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920112405/http://www.urbnet.com/review.asp?CDID=865 |date=September 20, 2011 }}[http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/noah23/quicksand Quicksand review, noripcord.com][https://web.archive.org/web/20030916031230/http://www.movinghands.net/reviews/detail.asp?id=625 Quicksand review, movinghands.net][http://www.urbansmarts.com/reviews/albums/noah23.htm Quicksand review, urbansmarts.com][http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/noah23-quicksand Quicksand review, exclaim.ca] Most of the album's production was handled by Orphan, the Plague Language collective's most prolific producer at the time.
The track "Crypto Sporidian" was released as a split single with the track "Deadly Rays" from fellow Plague Language member Baracuda's debut album Tetragammoth.[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/noah23baracuda72-noah23baracuda72 Crypto Sporidian / Deadly Rays review] Both tracks were produced by Orphan.
Critical reception
Allmusic gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.Pytlik, Mark. "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/quicksand-r647766/review Quicksand – Noah 23]", Allmusic. Retrieved November 13, 2011. Exclaim! wrote that the album "can rock the parties ("Digestive Enzymes"), the dance floors ("Resistance"), headphones ("Hourglass") and the art fags ("The Fall") all while maintaining a cohesive sound."Quinlan, Thomas (June 2002). "[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/noah23-quicksand Noah 23 –Quicksand]", Exclaim!. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Saw Palmetto
| extra1 = Warhol
| length1 = 3:04
| title2 = Volapuk
| extra2 = Orphan
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Crypto Sporidian
| extra3 = Orphan
| length3 = 4:35
| title4 = Octave
| extra4 = Ognihs
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = Learning Curve
| extra5 = Orphan
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = Resistance
| extra6 = Troubadour
| length6 = 3:13
| title7 = Hourglass
| note7 = featuring Distant Relatives
| extra7 = Orphan
| length7 = 3:39
| title8 = Banded Hairstreak
| extra8 = Orphan
| length8 = 2:06
| title9 = Digestive Enzymes
| extra9 = Lovely
| length9 = 2:35
| title10 = Nocturnal
| extra10 = Orphan
| length10 = 3:43
| title11 = Imhotep
| extra11 = Orphan
| length11 = 4:12
| title12 = Guelph
| note12 = featuring Baracuda
| extra12 = Warhol
| length12 = 2:42
| title13 = Zenith Dub
| extra13 = Sseleman
| length13 = 2:49
| title14 = Julia Set
| extra14 = Orphan
| length14 = 3:01
| title15 = The Fall
| extra15 = Naval Aviator
| length15 = 9:05
}}
See also
References
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