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Keep It Unreal | 
| Artist: Mr. Scruff
Label: Ninja Tune
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 5197
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5021392191126
ASIN: B0000257JY
Release Date: June 7, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Is He Ready... | | • | Spandexman | | • | Get A Move On | | • | Something Silly | | • | Midnight Feast | | • | Honey Dew | | • | Cheeky | | • | So Long | | • | Chipmunks | | • | Do You Hear | | • | Shanty | | • | Jus Jus - Mr. Scruff & Roots Manuva | | • | Blackpool Roll | | • | Travelogue | | • | Fish |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
A product of post-Acid-House Manchester, Mr Scruff is a complete one-off; a cheeky innovator. His debut album is a bold statement, distinctive and confident. Keep It Unreal oscillates wildly between opposing styles--one moment Scruff's in deep, down-tempo dinner jazz territory, the next he's in Coldcut mode, chopping out superb big beat breaks with naughty hooklines to get you pogoing. At one extreme is the wacko humour of Spandex Man, bolshi Fatboy Slim breakbeat and a silly 1920s swing loop that'll make you grin. And then there's the even more ridiculous "Shanty Town", with samples of a Jacknory story about a whale. At the other end of the scale, is Scruff's accomplished acid jazz--like the serene, trip-hoppy "Midnight Feast" or the smoothie cocktail number "Honeydew", with it's loungey female vocals. This man is out there, the Salvador Dali of beats and breaks. --Sarah Champion
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Keeping It Very Real Indeed November 12, 2008
Mr Scruff (known as Andy Carthy to his mum) is a multi talented DJ producer who is very difficult to pigeon hole (good the way I like it) - his productions on Keep It Unreal are dreamy and very funky, with crazy samples from children's TV of the 50s and 60s.
The finest moment on here for me is Midnight Feast with it's delightful xylophone and jazzy feel, this is a good one for when you want to drift to sleep, and could probably be fun if you're a DJ cutting between tracks - or for scratchin'. Another favourite of mine is Get A Move On, with the sample of an old country record - it's bluesy yet jazz based melody is just fun and can get anyone dancing like a loon.
Altogether this is an excellent album to chill out to late night, to enjoy before bedtime and just to get in the mood to sleep, Scruff's usage of samples and melodies is just amazing and makes his work so enjoyable. This, to me is his finest work, but his other albums are well worth listening to.
 uplifting July 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you can listen to this album without smiling, you have no soul. My favourite tracks are Get A Move On, Midnight Feast, Honeydew, and Fish, but they're all great :-)
Amazing January 17, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the work of a pure genius, Mr.scruff combines jazz beatz and electronica to create a wrok of art, unbeliveable, not only is this music a easy listen it also has great style and pulls out the happyness in all of us with such great songs as spandex man and shanty town thankyou Mr. scruff.
What an album! July 5, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I brought this CD on recommendation of my friend and it is a killer album..it mixes some really good beats with some really good chill-out/ambient music. It also has some weird stuff with the likes of 'Shanty town'! Really worth getting...great for parties!
Wonderfully cheesy! February 20, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this sound-unheard, on the strength of the reviews on this site. So I gave it a spin with a little trepidation, which increased through the first couple of tracks (pleasant enough, but sounding like the intro to something which was reluctant to start). Then it started... It's a mixture of some of the best mellow ambient-ish stuff for chilling out with a side order of pure silliness! IMHO, Shanty Town is the high point of the album: What sort of fish are you? / I'm not a fish at all you stupid man! / What are you if you're not a fish? / You certainly look like a fish! / I certainly don't feel like a fish! There's a whale / There's a whale / There's a whale-fish he cried / And the whale was in full view Apparently based on a trad. song called Greenland Fishing, which was performed by the Almanac Singers (Woody Guthrie et al), and Utterly Hilarious! According to his website, Mr. Scruff has a travelling tea-shop which he takes to his live dos! I feel a strong need to go along and partake.
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