Machines That Make Civilization Fun

Machines That Make Civilization Fun is a studio album by American hip hop musician Bigg Jus, a former member of Company Flow. It was released on Mush Records in 2012.

Machines That Make Civilization Fun
Studio album by
Bigg Jus
ReleasedJune 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)[1]
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length37:27
LabelMush Records
ProducerBigg Jus
Bigg Jus chronology
Poor People's Day
(2005)		 Machines That Make Civilization Fun
(2012)
Singles from Machines That Make Civilization Fun
  1. "Black Roses"
    Released: April 17, 2012[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Musicfavorable[4]
Exclaim!favorable[5]
Fact[6]
PopMatters[7]
The Skinny[8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "Machines That Make Civilization Fun is Bigg Jus's best, most well-rounded solo album so far, but it's still a difficult listen that will likely limit the album's appeal to advanced listeners only."[5] Emma H. Sundstrom of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "It's hard to gauge now how dated it will sound in five or ten years, but at this moment, it's the neurotic and deafening sound of a civilization whose machines are beginning to break down, and it sounds terrifyingly familiar."[7]

Fact placed it at number 50 on the "50 Best Albums of 2012" list.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Crossing the Line"1:10
2."Game Boy Predator"3:44
3."Black Roses"2:57
4."Advanced Lightbody Activation"2:59
5."Empire Is a Bitch (Fake Arab Spring Mix)"3:05
6."Food for Thought (Shit Sandwiches)"2:16
7."Hard Times for New Lovers"2:56
8."Machines That Make Civilization Fun"5:07
9."Polymathmatics (Restore Balance Out Think a Savage Trick)"1:50
10."Redemption Sound Dub"2:07
11."Samson Op-Ed"3:21
12."Kush Star Catalog"2:09
13."Respective of F1 Dub"3:46
gollark: Give me the Macron spec and I'll tell you.
gollark: Paramaterize the symmetric bit over arbitrary binary relations.
gollark: Too bad. Fix it.
gollark: Equality is a binary relation too so this isn't generalised enough.
gollark: Bee this! What if I want binary relations on stuff without equality?!

References
  1. "MH-283: Bigg Jus - Machines That Make Civilization Fun". Mush Records. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. "MH-075: Bigg Jus - Black Roses". Mush Records. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  3. "Machines That Make Civilization Fun by Bigg Jus". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  4. Chick, Stevie (June 1, 2012). "Bigg Jus - Machines That Make Civilization Fun - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. Quinlan, Thomas (May 8, 2012). "Bigg Jus Machines That Make Civilization Fun". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  6. Lea, Tom (May 25, 2012). "Bigg Jus: Machines That Make Civilisation Fun". Fact. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. Sundstrom, Emma H. (May 10, 2012). "Bigg Juss: Machines That Make Civilization Fun". PopMatters. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. Gieben, Bram E. (May 2, 2012). "Bigg Jus – Machines That Make Civilization Fun". The Skinny. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  9. "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Fact. December 3, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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