Keep It Unreal Explained

Keep It Unreal
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mr. Scruff
Cover:	MrScruff KeepItUnreal albumcover.jpg
Released:	7 June 1999^[1]
Recorded:	1998–1999
Genre:	Electronica breakbeat downtempo trip hop Electro swing
Length:	65:02
Label:	Ninja Tune
Prev Title:	Mr. Scruff
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Heavyweight Rib Ticklers
Next Year:	2002

Keep It Unreal is the second studio album by English disc jockey, Andrew Carthy, under the alias Mr. Scruff. It includes the hit single "Get a Move On!", which is an electro swing track built upon samples of Moondog's "Bird's Lament (In Memory of Charlie Parker)" alongside vocals from T-Bone Walker's "Hypin' Woman Blues." The album ends with "Fish", a track made up of samples about marine life, which is a motif of Mr. Scruff. Samples used in the track include the likes of David Attenborough and David Bellamy. It was re-released in 2009 as a 10th anniversary two disc set.^[2]

Track listing (Original Version)

All tracks written by Andy Carthy (Except where noted)

1. "Is He Ready..." (Mary Anne Hobbs intro) - 0:15
2. "Spandex Man" (featuring Clive Hunte on bass n effects) - 4:41
3. "Get a Move On!" (featuring Sneaky of Fingathing) - 7:36
4. "Midnight Feast" - 3:36
5. "Honeydew" (featuring Fi) (A Carthy / F Ball) - 6:35
6. "Cheeky" - 5:36
7. "So Long" - 4:14
8. "Chipmunk" - 5:08
9. "Do You Hear" - 4:49
10. "Shanty Town" - 3:47
11. "JusJus" (featuring Roots Manuva) (A Carthy / R Smith) - 4:06
12. "Blackpool Roll" - 4:51
13. "Travelogue" - 5:25
14. "Fish" - 4:23

Track listing (10th anniversary edition)

CD1

1. "Is He Ready..." (Mary Anne Hobbs intro)
2. "Spandex Man" (featuring Clive Hunte on bass n effects)
3. "Get a Move On" (featuring Sneaky of Fingathing)
4. "Midnight Feast"
5. "Honeydew" (featuring Fi)
6. "Cheeky"
7. "So Long"
8. "Chipmunk"
9. "Do You Hear"
10. "Shanty Town"
11. "JusJus" (featuring Roots Manuva)
12. "Blackpool Roll"
13. "Travelogue"
14. "Fish"

CD2

1. "Vibraphone Boogie"
2. "Eardrops"
3. "Trollmarch"
4. "Sky Blue"
5. "Snack"
6. "Baisis"
7. "Happy Band" (originally on the 'Fish/Chipmunk' E.P.)
8. "Ambiosound" (originally on the B side of the 1st issue of the 'Get A Move On' 12")
9. "JusJus Instrumental"

tracks 1-6 & 9 are previously unissued

Notes and References

1. Web site: BPI.
2. Web site: Keep It Unreal 10th Anniversary release! . Official Mr. Scruff Website . 2009-07-24 . 14 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123744/http://www.mrscruff.com/showscreen.php?site_id=9&screentype=folder&screenid=210&newsaction=showitem&newsid=1928&dc=6&sn=News . dead .