{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = RoadKillOvercoat | type = studio | artist = [[Busdriver]] | cover = RoadKillOvercoat cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|01|30}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=22}} | label = [[Epitaph Records]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Nobody (producer)|Nobody]]|[[Boom Bip]]|[[Busdriver]]|[[CocoRosie|Bianca Casady]]}} | prev_title = [[Fear of a Black Tangent]] | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = [[Jhelli Beam]] | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = RoadKillOvercoat | type = studio | single1 = Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now) | single1date = {{Start date|2006}} | single2 = Sun Shower | single2date = {{Start date|2007}} }} }} '''''RoadKillOvercoat''''' is the fifth studio album by American rapper [[Busdriver]]. It was released on [[Epitaph Records]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epitaph.com/artists/album/504|title=RoadKillOvercoat|work=[[Epitaph Records]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317004018/http://epitaph.com/artists/album/504|archivedate=March 17, 2007|accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 68/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/roadkill-overcoat/busdriver|title=Roadkill Overcoat by Busdriver|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=November 16, 2015}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/roadkillovercoat-mw0000562199|title=RoadKillOvercoat - Busdriver|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Marisa|last=Brown|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Busdriver|title=Busdriver|work=[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]|first=Robert|last=Christgau|author-link=Robert Christgau|accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Cokemachineglow]]'' | rev3score = 71/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/busdriver_roadkillovercoat2007.html|title=Busdriver: RoadkillOvercoat|work=[[Cokemachineglow]]|first=Dom|last=Sinacola|date=February 2, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906181927/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/busdriver_roadkillovercoat2007.html|archivedate=September 6, 2007|accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' | rev4score = mixed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/busdriver-roadkillovercoat|title=Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Vish|last=Khanna|date=February 26, 2007|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev5score = 6.9/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9832-roadkillovercoat/|title=Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Jason|last=Crock|date=February 1, 2007|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev6score = mixed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2007/03/busdriver-roadkillovercoat-anti-epitaph/|title=Busdriver, 'RoadKillOvercoat' (Anti-/Epitaph)|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Charles|last=Aaron|date=March 30, 2007|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' | rev7score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/busdriver/roadkillovercoat.htm|title=Busdriver - Roadkillovercoat|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|first=Dan|last=Weiss|date=October 12, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201060641/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/busdriver/roadkillovercoat.htm|archivedate=February 1, 2010|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[XLR8R]]'' | rev8score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2007/02/roadkillovercoat/|title=Busdriver: RoadKillOvercoat|work=[[XLR8R]]|first=Robbie|last=Mackey|date=February 22, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912052046/http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2007/02/roadkillovercoat/|archivedate=September 12, 2015|accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref> }} At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=metacritic/>
Jason Crock of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, saying, "[[Nobody (producer)|Nobody]] and [[Boom Bip]] provide beats that draw from a wider range of styles and flirt with an alien, psychedelic edge, giving Busdriver enough room to be as weird as he wants to be."<ref name=pitchfork/>
Jeff Shaw of ''[[City Pages]]'' placed it at number 10 on the "Top 10 Albums of 2007" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/my-top-10-albums-of-2007-6629522|title=My Top 10 Albums of 2007|work=[[City Pages]]|first=Jeff|last=Shaw|date=December 28, 2007|access-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Casting Agents and Cowgirls | length1 = 3:17 | extra1 = [[Nobody (producer)|Nobody]] | title2 = Less Yes's, More No's | length2 = 4:21 | extra2 = Nobody | title3 = Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now) | length3 = 3:50 | extra3 = [[Boom Bip]] | title4 = Ethereal Driftwood | length4 = 3:43 | extra4 = {{hlist|[[Busdriver]]|Nobody}} | title5 = Secret Skin | length5 = 3:28 | extra5 = Nobody | title6 = Sun Shower | length6 = 4:08 | extra6 = Boom Bip | title7 = Go Slow | note7 = featuring [[CocoRosie|Bianca Casady]] | length7 = 3:06 | extra7 = {{hlist|Busdriver|[[CocoRosie|Bianca Casady]]}} | title8 = The Troglodyte Wins | length8 = 3:22 | extra8 = Nobody | title9 = Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun | length9 = 3:10 | extra9 = Nobody | title10 = (Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor | length10 = 3:12 | extra10 = Boom Bip | title11 = Mr. Mistakes (Bested by the Whisper Chasm) | length11 = 4:02 | extra11 = Nobody | title12 = Dream Catcher's Mitt | length12 = 3:43 | extra12 = Boom Bip | total_length = 43:22 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* [[Busdriver]] – vocals, production (4, 7) * [[Nobody (producer)|Nobody]] – production (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11) * [[Boom Bip]] – production (3, 6, 10, 12), vocals (12) * [[CocoRosie|Bianca Casady]] – vocals (7), production (7) * [[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens|Isaiah Ikey Owens]] – synthesizer (11) * Yadira Brown – vocals (12) * Seripop – design
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/09/21/busdriver-on-busdriver-the-l-a-cult-hero-talks-us-through-his-career-album-by-album/7/|title=Busdriver on Busdriver: The L.A. cult hero talks us through his career album-by-album (page 7 of 10)|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first=Laurent|last=Fintoni|date=September 21, 2014}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|18984|RoadKillOvercoat}}
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