^ a b Sylvester, Daniel (February 22, 2017).^ "Thundercat - Drunk | Resident Advisor"."Thundercat: Drunk review – mesmeric and funk-fuelled". ^ a b Jaward, Isa (February 26, 2017).
"Album reviews: Sleaford Mods – English Tapas, Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer, Thundercat – Drunk, and more". ^ a b Shepherd, Jack (February 22, 2017).Kamasi Washington – saxophone (track 15).Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz – vocals (track 17).Mark "Sounwave" Spears – production (tracks 5, 6, 11).Michael McDonald – vocals (track 9), keyboards (track 9).Taylor Graves – keyboards (track 17), programming (track 17).Charles "Mono/Poly" Dickerson – keyboards (track 14), programming (track 14).Louis Cole – drums (tracks 4, 13), keyboards (tracks 4, 13), programming (tracks 4, 13), "basically everything" (track 13).Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings (tracks 18, 23).Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner – vocals (all tracks), bass (all tracks), programming (tracks 10-12, 18, 19, 21, 22).In a strongly positive review for Exclaim!, Daniel Sylvester praised Bruner's groove and ability to seemingly shift through song to song while changing a few things, but keeping that groove going well. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. On the review aggregator website Metacritic the album received an aggregate score of 80 based on 26 reviews indicating "generally favourable reviews".
Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĭrunk received general praise from music critics.
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Otherwise, you’ll see an armless man in an all-natural wellness center in a near-paradise and wonder why there’s a white clad attendant slapping a mysterious substance out of him, why the man sits on a dock, why the fruity drink and why he’s watching a telecast version of the angelic Thundercat, Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald playing “Show Me the Way” against a backdrop of clouds. Spoiler alert: the video for “Show Me the Way” (a single off of Thundercat’s latest, Drunk) is sublime, with a funny mouth-feel.ĭirected by Katarzyna Sawicka and Carlos Lopez Estrada, the video follows the same wounded samurai’s journey as in the video for “Them Changes”-we recommend watching that video first if you haven’t already.