Bad Time Zoo

Bad Time Zoo
Studio album by Sims
Released	February 15, 2011
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	52:25
Label	Doomtree
Producer	Lazerbeak
Sims chronology
Lights Out Paris (2005) Bad Time Zoo (2011)
Singles from Bad Time Zoo
"Burn It Down" Released: 2010

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alarm	favorable[2]
Alternative Press	[3]
HipHopDX	[4]
The Austin Chronicle	[5]

Bad Time Zoo is the second studio album by American rapper Sims. It was released on Doomtree on February 15, 2011.^[6] The album is entirely produced by Lazerbeak.^[7]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Bad Time Zoo received an average score of 79% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

The single, "Burn It Down", was listed by KEXP-FM as their "Song of the Day" on June 24, 2011.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Future Shock"	4:13
2.	"Burn It Down"	2:55
3.	"Bad Time Zoo"	2:42
4.	"Too Much" (featuring P.O.S)	3:29
5.	"One Dimensional Man"	3:15
6.	"In My Sleep"	3:01
7.	"When It Rolls In"	3:43
8.	"Good Times"	3:01
9.	"LMG"	3:13
10.	"The Veldt"	3:15
11.	"Weight"	2:51
12.	"Radio Opaque"	3:54
13.	"Sink or Syncopate"	4:24
14.	"Hey You"	3:24

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Heatseekers Albums[9]	18
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[10]	69

References

1. "Bad Time Zoo by Sims". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
2. Gordon, Scott (February 21, 2011). "Beats & Rhymes: Sims’ Bad Time Zoo". Alarm. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
3. John, Matt St. (February 9, 2011). "Sims - Bad Time Zoo". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
4. Paine, Jake (February 22, 2011). "Sims - Bad Time Zoo". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
5. Hoffberger, Chase (March 18, 2011). "Sims - Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
6. Young, Alex (December 24, 2010). "Doomtree’s Sims announces new album, Bad Time Zoo". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
7. Swensson, Andrea (February 1, 2011). "Sims makes origami cool again with 'Bad Time Zoo’ packaging". City Pages. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
8. Bezezekoff, Leigh (June 24, 2011). "Song of the Day: Sims – Burn It Down". KEXP-FM. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
9. "Sims - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
10. "Sims - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2016.

External links

• Bad Time Zoo at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Burn It Down" on SoundCloud