Drum 'n' Bass for Papa

Drum 'n' Bass for Papa
Studio album by Plug
Released	29 July 1996
Genre	Drum and Bass Electronica
Label	Blue Planet PLAN1CD Nothing
Producer	Plug
Plug chronology
Plug 3 (1995) Drum 'n' Bass for Papa (1996) Me & Mr. Sutton (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Original Release: Allmusic	[1]
Nothing Version: Allmusic	[2]
Almost Cool	(80%) [3]
Pitchfork Media	(9.5/10) [4]
Spin	(8/10) [5]

Drum 'n' Bass for Papa is an album by the experimental electronic music artist Luke Vibert under his alias of Plug. The album was originally released on vinyl in 1996 (see 1996 in music) by Blue Planet Recordings. The alias Plug was used by Vibert to release Drum 'n' Bass oriented music.

The album has gone through several different releases. The first was a compact disc release with additional bonus tracks titled Drum 'N' Bass for Papa + Special Edition CD; it had different cover art and the discs were colored dark blue instead of the original sepia tone.^[6] The photograph on the cover is of Frank Vibert, Luke's grandfather, who was a keen amateur magician.

The album was released again on Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records on 9 September 1997, it was a double album on compact disc that included the three EPs Plug released. This version of the album had the same cover as the Special Edition version but changed "Special Edition" to "+plug ep's 1,2, & 3" for the title. It was released under the title Drum 'N' Bass for Papa +plug EPs 1, 2 & 3. The other difference in this version was that the import included the track "The Life of the Mind" that wasn't included on the album due to problems with a sample clearance.^[7] The sample in question was John Goodman's screaming freakout from the film Barton Fink.

In 2007, Plug's material was remastered by Vibert from the original DATs and released on bleep.com in mp3 and FLAC formats.

Track listing

All songs written by Luke Vibert.

Original release

1. "Me & Mr Jones" – 7:07
2. "Drum 'n' Bass for Papa" – 7:20
3. "Cut" – 7:18
4. "Feelings" – 9:15
5. "I Freak Techniques" – 7:29
6. "The Life of the Mind" – 8:10
7. "Subtle (In Your Face)" – 8:15
8. "Delicious" – 7:43
9. "DBC" – 8:56
10. "Maker of All" – 8:10

Special Edition

Special Edition album cover

The 1997 Special Edition came with a bonus compact disc with extra tracks. It also came with the original track listing from the vinyl listed above.^[6]

1. "Cut ['97 Remix]"
2. "Brave Lick"
3. "Versatile"
4. "Tuff Rinse"
5. "Crib Funk"

+plug ep's 1,2, & 3

The 1997 Nothing Records version of the album had a different track listing and an additional disc featuring the tracks from the three plug ep's released on the Rising High label (with the exception of "Cheesy (Pic 'n' Mix)" from Plug 2 (Rebuilt Kev EP) and "Crib Funk" from Plug 3 (Versatile Crib Funk EP)).

Disc 1

1. "Me & Mr. Jones" – 7:07
2. "Drum 'n' Bass for Papa" – 7:20
3. "Cut ('97 remix)" – 8:02
4. "Feelings" – 9:15
5. "I Freak Techniques" – 7:30
6. "Delicious" – 7:43
7. "DBC" – 8:56
8. "Maker of All" – 8:09
9. "A Subtle Blend" – 8:35

Disc 2

1. "6.07" – 6:02
2. "7.44" – 7:42
3. "7.10" – 7:11
4. "3.41" – 3:42
5. "Military Jazz" – 7:37
6. "Pitch Bender" – 5:12
7. "Cheesy (gigolo mix)" – 4:57
8. "Cheesy (amen mix)" – 4:58
9. "Brave Lick" – 8:20
10. "Tuf Rinse" – 7:58
11. "Versatile" – 10:29

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