Blow Your Headphones
# Blow Your Headphones

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | |
| The Evening Post | |
| Muzik | 7/10 |
| NME | 6/10 |
| Spin | 8/10 |

Blow Your Headphones is the second studio album by The Herbaliser. It was released on Ninja Tune in 1997. It peaked at number 24 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.

## Critical reception

In 1999, Ryan Schreiber, the founder and then-editor-in-chief of Pitchfork, wrote that "...Blow Your Headphones was pretty decent, but it was kinda crappy for a Ninja Tune record." In 2015, Fact placed it at number 33 on the "50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" list.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

* Jake Wherry – production, mixing
* Ollie Teeba – production, mixing, design concept
* Jonny Cuba – production (3, 15)
* Malachi – production (5, 6, 8)
* Kaidi Tatham – production (11), synthesizer (11)
* What What – vocals (2, 7, 16)
* Fabian – vocals (10)
* Big Ted – vocals (10)
* Patrick Dawes – percussion (8)
* Oliver Parfitt – synthesizer (17)
* No Sleep Nigel – mixing (1–6, 9–11, 13, 14, 16, 18)
* Justin Whillock – mixing (7, 8, 12, 15, 17)
* Openmind – design
* Strictly Kev – design concept
* Nancy Brown – photography
* Suzi Ninja – photography

## Charts

| Chart | Peak position |
| - | - |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC) | 24 |
