Ugly Duckling - Audacity
(CD/2xLP) Handcuts Records (Japan) / Fatbeats (Europe/USA), 2008-12-01

Tracklisting :
01. I Won't Let It Die
02. The Takedown
03. Audacity (Parts 1 & 2)
04. Falling Again
05. It's Gone
06. It Want To Believe
07. Einstein Do It
08. The Lonely Ones
09. Pay Or Quit
10. Right Now
11. It Never Mattered
12. Oh Yeah

Note : Japan release has a Japan-only bonus track. (no info yet)



Ugly Duckling - Audacity Part 3
(7") HHV.DE Exclusive, 2008-12-01

Tracklisting :
A1. Audacity Part 3 feat. Pigeon John 4:15
B1. Audacity Part 3 (Instrumental) 4:15

Note : Buy the 2xLP on HipHopVinyl and get a special HHV.DE free 7" record with exclusive Ugly Duckling tracks!


Links :
Listen to samples on boomboxdistribution.net (UK Distributor)
myspace.com/uglyduckling
myspace.com/blownceleb
myspace.com/kamikaziairlines
handcuts.com (Jap. label)
myspace.com/handcuts



Credits :
Lead Vocals: Andy And Dizzy
Scratching: Young Einstein
Backing Vocals: Pigeon John And Chelsea Ward
Believers And Non-Believers: Bob, Chloe, Stoney, Tim, Lil’ Fade, Kevin, Dan, Karen, Jana, Joe, Aaron And Andy Troutman On Vocoder
Written, Produced And Arranged By: Ugly Duckling
Additional Arrangements By: Pigeon John, Andy Carpenter, Chelsea
Ward And Jon St. James
Recorded And Mixed By: Andy “Lil’ Fade” Carpenter At F-2 Studios
In Fullerton, California
Mastered By: Tom Baker At Precision Mastering
Artwork By: Israel Sanchez (israelsanchez.com)
Photography By: Matt Cheney
Artwork Layout By: Oscar “Cali” Quiroz For Artruculture Group

Press release :
NEWS: UGLY DUCKLING announce new LP 'Audacity'

Ugly Duckl​ing have announced that they are shortly to relea​se their​ new album​ ​Audacity. ​ This latest LP has been two years in the making and the band said yesterday in a myspace bulletin that they would soon be adding new album tracks to their myspace site's music player and that the Won't Let It Die video is imminent. They referred to themselves in the same bulletin as the "white​st/​nerdi​est/" and most ​old school​ group​ since​ the Nativ​e Tongu​es era, humbly omitting to acknowledge their general dope-ness. Last time the Monkey spoke to DJ Einstein on the Bang For The Buck tour he mumbled something about, "We might do another one" when asked about future album plans. Fans will be relieved that there is no longer any question about this. Audacity will be Ugly Duckling's fourth full length studio LP - unless you count their debut EP - which you might well - seeing as it had 8 tracks on it. Keep checking back with the monkeyboxing for more!

P.S. Don't forget to check out Dizzy's side project Blown Celeb. P.P.S. Net rumours abound of a 25 November 2008 release date for the LP. Possibly only in Japan. Possibly not. Don't hold your breath!
(Source : monkeyboxing.com)


Ugly Duckling has "Audacity". Since U.D.formed in 1993, Andy, Dizzy and Young Einstein have had the nerve to believe they should make it in the music business. Fiercely independent and musically idealistic, the trio from Long Beach, California has managed to successfully release four self-produced albums which have taken them to almost 30 countries over the past 10 years.

Despite the band's low media profile and often-changing label situations, they have built a unique and wide reputation for delivering soulful, humorous hip-hop and a white-hot live show. To look at them, one might not guess that this band has an accomplished resume of classic singles, consistent sales, critical acclaim, international t.v. and festival appearances and a busy travel schedule with the worn-out passport stamps to prove it but, somehow, they've made it happen.
(Source : boomboxdistribution.net)