Adventures in Foam

Adventures in Foam
Studio album by Cujo
Released	16 September 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Breakbeat, trip hop, drum and bass, nu-jazz, jazzstep
Length	78:40
Label	Ninebar (UK; 1996) Shadow Records (US; 1996) Ninja Tune (re-release; 2002)
Producer	Amon Tobin
Cujo chronology
Adventures in Foam (1996) Bricolage (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.4/10)[2]

Adventures in Foam is the first album by the Brazilian electronic musician Amon Tobin, and the only one to be released under the name Cujo (Portuguese for "whose"). It was first released in September 1996 on the small south London label Ninebar records. This was around the same time that Tobin signed with Ninja Tune to record under his own name.

Track listing

Original Ninebar edition

The track lists of the original CD and LP versions, as released in the UK on 16 September 1996, were as follows:

CD

1. "Adventures In Foam intro" – 1:49
2. "Cat People" – 5:55
3. "Northstar" – 6:09
4. "Fat Ass Joint" – 5:42
5. "Ol' Bunkhouse" – 5:47
6. "Paris Streatham" – 4:57
7. "A Vida" – 4:07
8. "Traffic" – 5:52
9. "Reef's Edge (Interval)" – 1:59
10. "The Sighting" – 4:33
11. "Break Charmer" – 4:09
12. "The Method" – 6:26
13. "On The Track" – 5:43
14. "Cruzer" – 14:28

• On this edition, "Cruzer" includes an untitled hidden track which starts at 12:39 after 7 minutes of silence.

2x12"

Side A

1. "The Method"
2. "Ol' Bunkhouse"
3. "On The Track"

Side B

1. "Cat People"
2. "Break Charmer"
3. "Fat Ass Joint"

Side C

1. "A Vida"
2. "Paris Streatham"
3. "North Star"

Side D

1. "Traffic"
2. "The Sequel"
3. "Cruzer"

US (Shadow Records) edition

Unapproved cover variant.

The album was released in the U.S., with an altered track listing and artwork unapproved by Tobin, by Shadow Records on 27 May 1997 – after the release of Tobin's first Ninja Tune album, Bricolage.

1. "Adventures In Foam Intro"
2. "Traffic"
3. "The Light"
4. "Cat People"
5. "Paris Streatham"
6. "A Vida"
7. "Fat Ass Joint"
8. "The Brazilianaire"
9. "Northstar"
10. "Break Charmer"
11. "Clockwork" (mistitled as "The Sequel")
12. "Reef's Edge (Interval)"
13. "The Sighting"
14. "Cruzer"

Ninja Tune reissue

On 20 May 2002, Ninja Tune issued an expanded re-release of the album. In a press release, the label stated:

[The] fact remains that "Adventures In Foam" was a really good record, one that deserved to be heard, so when Ninja were offered an opportunity to re-release it, they jumped at the chance. Not least, because a rather unscrupulous company in the States have been circulating a version of the record with a changed tracklist, different (and unapproved) cover art and mis-titled tracks.^[3]

The Ninja Tune editions' track lists are identical to those of the original Ninebar editions, but the CD comes with a second disc comprising the following tracks:

1. "The Brazilianaire" – 6:20
2. "4 or 6" – 5:40
3. "Mars Brothers" – 5:06
4. "Popsicle" – 4:37
5. "The Light" – 5:15
6. "The Sequel" – 7:52

References

External links

• Listen to Adventures in Foam on amontobin.com
• Adventures In Foam at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Amon Tobin / Cujo Discography (Unofficial but Complete) at pe7er.com