''Drunk'' is the third

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by American musician Thundercat. It was released on February 24, 2017 by

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. It features guest appearances from

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, Michael McDonald,

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, and

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. It is his first studio album in nearly four years, his last studio album being ''

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''. ''Drunk'' received positive reviews from music critics. A ChopNotSlop remix from OG Ron C,

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, &

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entitled 'Drank' was released as a special edition purple vinyl record.

Critical reception

''Drunk'' received general praise from music critics. On the review aggregator website

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the album received an aggregate score of 80 based on 26 reviews indicating "generally favourable reviews". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. In a strongly positive review for ''

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'', Daniel Sylvester praised Bruner's groove and ability to seemingly shift through song to song while changing a few things, but keeping that groove going well.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

* Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner – vocals , bass , programming *

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, session musician, arranger, composer, music director, producer, DJ, orchestral conductor and educator. He has contributed to over 500 recordings and scored for television and fil ...

– strings * S. Burris – synth-bass * Zane Carney – guitar * Louis Cole – drums , keyboards , programming , "basically everything" * Kevin "Daddy Kev" Moo – mastering * Charles "Mono/Poly" Dickerson – keyboards , programming * Steven "Flying Lotus" Ellison – mixing, additional production , synthesizer , programming * Taylor Graves – keyboards , programming * Dennis Hamm – keyboards , piano , synthesizers *

– vocals *

– vocals * Michael McDonald – vocals , keyboards * Harry Rabin – engineer *

– vocals *

Deantoni Parks Deantoni Parks (born November 2, 1977) is an American new wave/avant-garde/experimental musician. He is the co-founder, co-producer and drummer of the New York band KUDU along with artist Sylvia Black, and one half of the writing duo We Are Dar ...

– drums * Zack Sekoff – programming * Mark "Sounwave" Spears – production * Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz – vocals *

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– saxophone *

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– vocals

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drunk 2017 albums Brainfeeder albums Thundercat (musician) albums Albums produced by Thundercat (musician) Albums produced by Flying Lotus Albums produced by Sounwave