Fear of a Black Tangent

Fear of a Black Tangent
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Studio album by Busdriver
Released	February 15, 2005
Genre	Indie hip hop
Length	60:55
Label	Mush Records, Big Dada
Producer	Daedelus, Omid, Paris Zax, Thavius Beck, Danger Mouse
Busdriver chronology
Cosmic Cleavage (2004)Cosmic Cleavage2004 Fear of a Black Tangent (2005) RoadKillOvercoat (2007)RoadKillOvercoat2007
Singles from Fear of a Black Tangent
"Avantcore" Released: January 18, 2005

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media
Dusted Magazine	Positive

Fear of a Black Tangent is a studio album by indie hip hop artist Busdriver. It was released on Mush Records in 2005.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fear of a Black Tangent received an average score of 78% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Yawning Zeitgeist Intro" (freestyle)	Daedelus	1:30
2.	"Reheated Pop!"	Omid	3:00
3.	"Unemployed Black Astronaut"	Paris Zax	4:00
4.	"Happiness ('s Unit of Measurement)"	Thavius Beck	4:37
5.	"Avantcore"	Paris Zax	2:24
6.	"Wormholes"	Daedelus	4:26
7.	"Map Your Psyche" (featuring Abstract Rude and Ellay Khule)	Paris Zax	4:15
8.	"Cool Band Buzz"	Danger Mouse	3:28
9.	"Note Boom"	Paris Zax	3:43
10.	"Low Flying Winged Books"	Thavius Beck	4:56
11.	"Befriend the Friendless Friendster"	Daedelus	3:38
12.	"Sphinx's Coonery" (featuring Myka 9 and 2Mex)	Paris Zax	4:43
13.	"Lefty's Lament"	Daedelus	3:41

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Silence" (Unlisted)	1:04
15.	"Avantcore" (D-Styles remix)	2:33
16.	"Happiness ('s Unit of Measurement)" (Prefuse 73 remix)	4:16
17.	"Unemployed Black Astronaut" (Nobody remix)	4:39

External links

• Fear of a Black Tangent at Discogs (list of releases)