{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Bad Time Zoo | type = studio | artist = Sims | cover = Sims - Bad Time Zoo (album cover).png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2011|02|15}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop, alternative hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=52|s=25}} | label = Doomtree Records | producer = Lazerbeak | prev_title = Lights Out Paris | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = More Than Ever | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Singles | name = Bad Time Zoo | type = studio | single1 = Burn It Down | single1date = {{Start date|2010}} }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 79/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bad-time-zoo/sims|title=Bad Time Zoo by Sims|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Alarm'' | rev1score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/2011/beats-rhymes-sims-bad-time-zoo/|title=Beats & Rhymes: Sims' Bad Time Zoo|work=Alarm|first=Scott|last=Gordon|date=February 21, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/sims_-_bad_time_zoo|title=Sims - Bad Time Zoo|work=Alternative Press|first=Matt St.|last=John|date=February 9, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Austin Chronicle'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2011-03-18/sims-bad-time-zoo/|title=Sims - Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree)|work=The Austin Chronicle|first=Chase|last=Hoffberger|date=March 18, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev4Score = B<ref name = "AVclub">{{cite web|last=Scholtes|first=Peter|date=February 16, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914224001/http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/sims-bad-time-zoo,51512/|archivedate=September 14, 2011|url=http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/sims-bad-time-zoo,51512/|title=Sims, Bad Time Zoo|work=The A.V. Club|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> | rev5 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1623/title.sims-bad-time-zoo|title=Sims - Bad Time Zoo|work=HipHopDX|first=Jake|last=Paine|date=February 22, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Punknews.org'' | rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name = "Punknews">{{cite web|last=Verducci|first=Richard|date=April 12, 2011|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/10145/sims-bad-time-zoo|title=Sims – Bad Time Zoo|work=Punknews.org|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Scene Point Blank'' | rev7Score = 8.4/10<ref name = "ScenePointBlank">{{Cite web|author=Loren|date=March 14, 2011|url=http://scenepointblank.com/reviews/sims/bad-time-zoo/|title=Sims – Bad Time Zoo|work=Scene Point Blank|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> | rev8 = Sputnikmusic | rev8Score = 4.5/5<ref name = "Sputnikmusic">{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Julianna|date=March 4, 2014|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42201/Sims-Bad-Time-Zoo/|title=Sims – Bad Time Zoo (album review 2)|website=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Urb'' | rev9Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name = "Urb">{{cite web|last=Uddenberg|first=Brett|date=June 9, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612123955/http://www.urb.com/2011/06/09/sims-bad-time-zoo/|archivedate=June 12, 2011|url=http://www.urb.com/2011/06/09/sims-bad-time-zoo/|title=Sims – Bad Time Zoo (Review) |work=Urb|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> }} '''''Bad Time Zoo''''' is the second studio album by American rapper Sims, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released on Doomtree Records on February 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2010/12/doomtrees-sims-announces-new-album-bad-time-zoo/|title=Doomtree's Sims announces new album, Bad Time Zoo|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Alex|last=Young|date=December 24, 2010|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> The album is entirely produced by Lazerbeak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/02/sims_makes_orig.php |title=Sims makes origami cool again with 'Bad Time Zoo' packaging |work=City Pages |first=Andrea |last=Swensson |date=February 1, 2011 |access-date=July 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219134820/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/02/sims_makes_orig.php |archivedate=February 19, 2015 }}</ref>
Sims told an interviewer for RapReviews that he had originally titled the album ''The Veldt'', inspired by the Ray Bradbury short story, "because a lot of the songs use animal imagery as metaphors for human interactions."<ref name="RapReviews2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2011/02/sims-doomtree-interview/ |title=Sims (Doomtree) Interview |last=Bernard |first=Adam |date=2011-02-08 |website=RapReviews |publisher= |access-date=2023-05-29}}</ref>
==Critical reception== At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Bad Time Zoo'' received an average score of 79% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=metacritic/>
The single, "Burn It Down", was listed by KEXP-FM as their "Song of the Day" on June 24, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.kexp.org/2011/06/24/song-of-the-day-sims-–-burn-it-down/|title=Song of the Day: Sims – Burn It Down|work=KEXP-FM|first=Leigh|last=Bezezekoff|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203120436/http://blog.kexp.org/2011/06/24/song-of-the-day-sims-%e2%80%93-burn-it-down/|archive-date=February 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Future Shock | length1 = 4:13 | title2 = Burn It Down | length2 = 2:55 | title3 = Bad Time Zoo | length3 = 2:42 | title4 = Too Much | note4 = featuring P.O.S | length4 = 3:29 | title5 = One Dimensional Man | length5 = 3:15 | title6 = In My Sleep | length6 = 3:01 | title7 = When It Rolls In | length7 = 3:43 | title8 = Good Times | length8 = 3:01 | title9 = LMG | length9 = 3:13 | title10 = The Veldt | length10 = 3:15 | title11 = Weight | length11 = 2:51 | title12 = Radio Opaque | length12 = 3:54 | title13 = Sink or Syncopate | length13 = 4:24 | title14 = Hey You | length14 = 3:24 }}
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| US Heatseekers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279412/sims/chart?f=324|title=Sims - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums|work=Billboard|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> | 18 |- !scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279412/sims/chart?f=333|title=Sims - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|work=Billboard|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> | 69 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|587011|Bad Time Zoo}} * {{SoundCloud|doomtree/sims-burn-it-down|"Burn It Down"}}
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