Cold Water Music

Cold Water Music is the debut studio album by British musician Aim, released on 11 October 1999 by Grand Central Records. The album was re-issued in 2007 by ATIC Records.^[4]

Cold Water Music
Studio album by Aim
Released	11 October 1999 (1999-10-11)
Studio	Grand Central Studios (Manchester, England)
Genre	Hip hop electronica trip hop
Length	49:57
Label	Grand Central
Producer	Aim
Aim chronology
Cold Water Music (1999) Hinterland (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Muzik	^[2]
Record Collector	^[3]

Song information

The first track, "Intro", contains a sample from the documentary Hoop Dreams (1994) of William Gates, one of the basketball players followed in the film, speaking from his recovery room after surgery. The commentary forms the lyrics to the track. The track "Cold Water Music" contains a sample of "Maureen in the Desert", written by Carter Burwell and taken from the soundtrack to the film Psycho III (1986). The extended dialogue in the track "Demonique" was sampled from the John Carpenter horror films, Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981). It features (primarily) the exchanges between the characters of Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) and Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers). The track "Ain't Got Time to Waste" is featured on the soundtrack of the European version of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The track “Force” includes a sample of Spirit's “Mr. Skin.”

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:55
2.	"Cold Water Music"	5:44
3.	"The Force" (featuring Q'n'C)	4:05
4.	"Sail" (featuring Kate Rogers)	5:14
5.	"Downstate"	4:14
6.	"Ain't Got Time to Waste" (featuring YZ)	4:08
7.	"Fat City (Interlude)"	0:38
8.	"True to Hip Hop" (featuring A.G.)	4:28
9.	"Demonique"	5:18
10.	"A Tree, a Rock and a Cloud"	4:17
11.	"Journey to the End of the Night"	5:27
12.	"From Here to Fame" (featuring YZ)	5:29
Total length:		49:57

Personnel

Credits for Cold Water Music adapted from album liner notes.^[5]

Aim – arrangement, production, scratching, sleeve design Additional musicians A.G. – performance Q'n'C – performance Kate Rogers – performance Josef Ward – horns YZ – performance

Production Mike Ball – engineering (assistant) Steve Christian – engineering, mixing Nilesh Patel – mastering Design Nick Fry – artwork, design Benge Newman – liner notes Tony Stone – photography Phil Turner – photography

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	193
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[7]	28

References

1. Bush, John. "Cold Water Music – Aim". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
2. Bush, Calvin (October 1999). "Aim: Cold Water Music (Grand Central)". Muzik. No. 53. p. 97.
3. Goldsmith, Mike (August 2016). "Aim – Cold Water Music (Remastered)". Record Collector. No. 456. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
4. Long, Chris (31 October 2007). "Aim – Cold Water Music/Hinterland (ATIC)". BBC Music. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
5. Cold Water Music (liner notes). Aim. Grand Central Records. 1999. GCCD105.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. "Chart Log UK: A – Azzido Da Bass". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2018.