''Bodily Functions'' is a studio album by British electronic musician

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. It was released by

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in 2001.

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic praised ''Bodily Functions'' as "the perfect marriage of art and intelligence". Sal Cinquemani of ''

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'' 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." ''Slant Magazine'' named ''Bodily Functions'' the third best album of 2001. '' Pitchfork'' placed ''Bodily Functions'' at number 173 on its list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s. ''Bodily Functions'' was also named the 16th best album of the decade by ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

Matthew Herbert Matthew Herbert (born 1972), also known as Herbert, Doctor Rockit, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, and Wishmountain, is a British electronic musician. He often takes sounds from everyday items to produce electronic music. Career Mat ...

– production, piano, Rhodes piano, violin, bass guitar *

Dani Siciliano Dani Siciliano is an American singer. She has worked with Matthew Herbert on several of his projects including the albums '' Around the House'', '' Bodily Functions'' and '' Scale''. She has also released two solo albums, '' Likes...'' and ''Slap ...

– 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 Paul Clarvis is an English percussionist. Biography Born in Enfield, Clarvis was the late Leonard Bernstein's preferred percussionist in London and featured as a soloist on the last night of the Proms in 1996 in a concerto for saxophone and dr ...

– drums

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2001 albums Matthew Herbert albums Studio !K7 albums