Bodily Functions (album)

Bodily Functions is a studio album by British electronic musician Herbert. It was released by !K7 Records in 2001.

Bodily Functions
Studio album by Herbert
Released	5 June 2001 (2001-06-05)
Recorded	1997–2001
Genre	House[1] deep house[2]
Length	72:14
Label	!K7
Producer	Matthew Herbert
Herbert chronology
Around the House (1998) Bodily Functions (2001) Secondhand Sounds (2002)
Singles from Bodily Functions
"Leave Me Now" Released: 2000 "Suddenly" Released: 2000 "The Audience" Released: 2001 "Addiction" Released: 2002

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Fact	4.5/5[4]
Muzik	5/5[5]
Pitchfork	8.8/10[1]
Resident Advisor	4.5/5[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Spin	8/10[10]
Uncut	[11]

John Bush of AllMusic praised Bodily Functions as "the perfect marriage of art and intelligence".^[3] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said: "Often jazzy, often housey and sometimes folky, the album rarely misses a beat in any of its assumed genres."^[9] PopMatters writer Kevin Strychalski called the album Herbert's "Mona Lisa", writing that "never before has an artist working within the electronic medium delivered an album of such depth and maturity."^[12] Slant Magazine named Bodily Functions the third best album of 2001.^[13]

Pitchfork placed Bodily Functions at number 173 on its list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[14] Bodily Functions was also named the 16th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You're Unknown to Me"	2:13
2.	"It's Only"	7:21
3.	"Foreign Bodies"	5:37
4.	"Suddenly"	6:29
5.	"I Know"	4:24
6.	"Leave Me Now"	6:36
7.	"The Last Beat"	4:20
8.	"You Saw It All"	7:04
9.	"On Reflection"	4:29
10.	"About This Time Each Day"	3:44
11.	"Addiction"	6:44
12.	"I Miss You"	4:52
13.	"It's Only a Reprise"	1:57
14.	"The Audience"	6:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Matthew Herbert – production, piano, Rhodes piano, violin, bass guitar
• Dani Siciliano – vocals, clarinet
• Luca Santucci – vocals
• Shingai Shoniwa – vocals
• Peter Wraight – bass clarinet, flugelhorn, flute, trumpet
• John Matthias – violin
• Phil Parnell – piano
• Jim Mullen – guitar
• Dave Green – double bass
• Paul Clarvis – drums