Daedelus released a reworking instrumental version of the album, titled Rethinking the Weather, on Mush Records on June 10, 2003.[9]
Critical reception
Julianne Shepherd of Pitchfork praised the album, writing, "The Weather is smart but not pretentious, skeptical but not misanthropic, and it proves avant-hiphop doesn't have to be avant-crappy."[6] Meanwhile, Fredrick Thomas of Stylus Magazine criticized the album's consistency, writing: "It's not that any track on the album is actually bad when compared to artists doing similar work – it's just that it does nothing to differentiate them from the pack."[7]
Eric K. Arnold of East Bay Express said, "Busdriver and Radioinactive's rhyming cadences owe a debt to both Freestyle Fellowship and Latyrx, while Daedelus' lo-fi Casio tones could qualify him for at least a charter membership in Anticon."[4]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Exaggerated Joy"
3:08
2.
"Pen's Oil"
4:27
3.
"Carl Weathers"
4:35
4.
"Glorified Hype Man"
3:34
5.
"Fine for a Robot"
4:44
6.
"Germs That May Cause the Following"
2:42
7.
"Weather Locklear"
4:17
8.
"Break for 2300"
2:25
9.
"DJ Furry"
2:50
10.
"Raffle Ticket Blues"
4:06
11.
"Sleep Standing Up"
2:28
12.
"Name Forgetter"
5:00
13.
"Thousand Words"
7:00
14.
"Fizzing Energy Drink"
0:23
15.
"Barely Music"
9:06
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Busdriver – vocals, jacket zipper (2), party noisemaker (2)
