Burial is the eponymous debut album by the dubstep

Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

 producer Burial

Burial (musician)

Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...

. It was released in 2006 on Kode9

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's Hyperdub

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 records to critical acclaim, including being named "Album of the Year" by The Wire

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magazine. It was also named the 25th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor

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, who called it "a revolutionary record in the way that it influenced dubstep sounds and reinvented 2-step for an entirely different generation". The album artwork is by Burial, and includes an aerial view of South London around the area of Wandsworth Prison and the intersection of Trinity Road and Windmill Road.

According to journalist Derek Walmsley,

Track listing

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-10 and 12 composed by William Bevan.

1. "Untitled"
   • Contains a sample of Benicio del Toro
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     's dialogue from the film 21 Grams
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     (2003).
2. "Distant Lights"
   • Contains a sample from "Emotion" by Destiny's Child
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3. "Spaceape feat. Spaceape"
   • Spaceape's lyric is almost identical to his lyric on "Victims", from Memories of the Future with Kode9
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      (Hyperdub
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     )
4. "Wounder"
5. "Night Bus"
   • Contains a vocal sample from "Praise Ye Jah
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6. "Southern Comfort"
7. "U Hurt Me"
   • Contains a sample from "Hunger", from the Black Hawk Down
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     soundtrack (2002).
   • Contains a vocal sample from "Foolish" by Ashanti.
8. "Gutted"
   • Contains a sample of Forest Whitaker
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     's dialogue from the film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999).
9. "Forgive"
   • Contains a sample from "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno
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     .
10. "Broken Home"
    • Contains a sample from "Dry Cry" by Sizzla
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      .
11. "Prayer"
    • Contains a drum loop sample from "Sometimes I Cry" by Les McCann
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12. "Pirates"
13. "Untitled"
    • Contains a sample of Will Patton
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      's dialogue from the film The Mothman Prophecies
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      (2002).