RUOK?

RUOK? is a 2002 album by the British industrial techno group Meat Beat Manifesto. Some editions included the mini Enhanced CD Free Piece Suite. The album was recorded at Tape Lab Studios in California and was mastered at The Exchange in London. It features the rare EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer.

RUOK?
Studio album by Meat Beat Manifesto
Released	14 October 2002[1]
Genre	Breakbeat, electronica, dub
Length	61:15
Label	Run Recordings
Producer	Jack Dangers
Meat Beat Manifesto chronology
Actual Sounds + Voices (1998) RUOK? (2002) Storm the Studio R.M.X.S. (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Q	[4]
Uncut	[5]
URB	[6]
Alternative Press	[7]

"Horn of Jericho" was re-released as "Matron" on Battersea Shield (EP).

Track listing

1. "Yüri" - 5:38
2. "Spinning Round" - 5:26
3. "Horn of Jericho" - 7:10
4. "What Does It All Mean?" - 5:20
5. "No Words Necessary" - 4:41
6. "Intermission" - 1:07
7. "Supersoul" - 5:35
8. "Handkerchief Head" - 6:35
9. "No Echo in Space" - 6:26
10. "Dynamite Fresh" - 5:41
11. "Retrograde" - 4:57
12. "Happiness Supreme" - 2:39

LP version (QS140) has only eight tracks with different order: 1; 2; 4; 8; 3; 7; 11; 9

References

1. "Meat Beat Manifesto - RUOK?". Brainwashed. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
2. "RUOK? by Meat Beat Manifesto" – via www.metacritic.com.
3. "RUOK? - Meat Beat Manifesto | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. Q (01/03, p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Jack Dangers continues to trade in vaguely dystopian concoctions of meaty breakbeats, dub basslines and witty vocal samples..."
5. A hugely inventive collection. [Jan 2003, p.119]
6. Little on RUOK possesses commercial cache, but what is that against a career-defining turn? [Nov 2002, p.96]
7. A raging slab of beats and sick samples accruing at a rate that may well cause motion sickness. [Dec 2002, p.86]