Something Wicked This Way Comes (The Herbaliser album)

Something Wicked This Way Comes is the fourth studio album by English jazz hip hop group The Herbaliser. It was released via Ninja Tune on 19 March 2002.^[1] It peaked at number 71 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Studio album by The Herbaliser
Released	19 March 2002 (2002-03-19)[1]
Studio	Train Trax Studios
Genre	Nu jazz, hip hop
Length	54:18
Label	Ninja Tune
Producer	Jake Wherry, Ollie Teeba
The Herbaliser chronology
Session One (2000) Something Wicked This Way Comes (2002) Herbal Blend (2003)
Singles from Something Wicked This Way Comes
"Good Girl Gone Bad" Released: 2002 "Something Wicked / Mr. Holmes" Released: 2002 "Time 2 Build / Distinguished Jamaican English" Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[3]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81% based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[1]

Nic Kincaid of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a timely achievement in music, a genre-bending statement of creative poignancy."^[2] Brad Haywood of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, saying, "The beats are just fine, but they lack the risk or innovation that could potentially make them truly engaging."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Something Wicked" (featuring Seaming To)	5:10
2.	"Verbal Anime" (featuring Rakaa Iriscience)	3:46
3.	"Time 2 Build" (featuring Blade)	3:24
4.	"24 Carat Blag"	4:08
5.	"Mr. Holmes"	7:18
6.	"Good Girl Gone Bad" (featuring Wildflower)	4:07
7.	"The Hard Stuff"	2:01
8.	"Distinguished Jamaican English" (featuring Phi Life Cypher)	3:32
9.	"Worldwide Connected"	5:06
10.	"The Turnaround"	3:15
11.	"Battle of Bongo Hill"	4:52
12.	"It Ain't Nuttin'" (featuring MF Doom)	2:46
13.	"Unsungsong"	4:53

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[5]	113
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	71