Some of My Best Friends Are DJs

2003 studio album by Kid Koala

Studio album by

Kid Koala

Released

October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)

Genre

Turntablism
hip hop
sound collage^[1]

Length

34:58

Label

Ninja Tune

Producer

Kid Koala

Kid Koala chronology

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
(2000)

Some of My Best Friends Are DJs
(2003)

Live from the Short Attention Span Audio Theater Tour!!
(2005)

Some of My Best Friends Are DJs is the second studio album by Canadian turntablist Kid Koala, released on Ninja Tune in 2003. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Alternative Press	4/5^[5]
Blender	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[7]
HipHopDX	7/10^[8]
Pitchfork	7.4/10^[9]
Resident Advisor	4.0/5^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Spin	A^[12]
The Village Voice	B+^[13]

On Metacritic, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs received an average score of 78 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Sam Samuelson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying: "More subtle than Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs shows a serious artist crafting his medium."^[4]

In an article for the Los Angeles Times, Susan Carpenter described the album as "sound collage to the extreme, a comedic smorgasbord that makes excellent use of some of the more bizarre spoken-word snippets that have been committed to vinyl over the years."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strat Hear"	0:05
2.	"Basin Street Blues"	4:47
3.	"Radio Nufonia"	0:51
4.	"Stompin' at Le Savoi"	2:04
5.	"Space Cadet 2"	3:22
6.	"Grandmaphone Speaks"	0:14
7.	"Skanky Panky"	3:23
8.	"Flu Season"	1:10
9.	"Robochacha"	1:45
10.	"Elevator Hopper"	1:35
11.	"Annie's Parlour"	4:02
12.	"On the Set of Fender Bender"	2:21
13.	"More Dance Music"	4:39
14.	"Vacation Island"	4:21
15.	"Negatron Speaks"	0:19

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[2]	26

References

^ ^a ^b Carpenter, Susan (25 March 2004). "Mr. Sound Bite". LA Times. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Reviews for Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs by Kid Koala". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Samuelson, Sam. "Some of My Best Friends Are DJ's – Kid Koala". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ "Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs". Alternative Press (184): 118. November 2003.
^ Hsu, Hua (November 2003). "Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends are DJs". Blender (21): 114. Archived from the original on June 15, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
^ Endelman, Michael (October 10, 2003). "Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
^ J-23 (December 27, 2003). "Kid Koala – Some of My Best Friends Are DJ's". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 22, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Linhardt, Alexander Lloyd (October 22, 2003). "Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ Hogwood, Ben (November 26, 2003). "Kid Koala – Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs". Resident Advisor. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ Hoard, Christian (November 13, 2003). "Kid Koala: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs". Rolling Stone. p. 99.
^ "Breakdown". Spin. 20 (1): 100. January 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
^ Christgau, Robert (January 13, 2004). "Consumer Guide: MLK Fever". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 17, 2018.