''Champagne Nightmares'' is the second studio album by

Paranoid Castle Paranoid Castle is an alternative hip hop duo, consisting of Canadian producer Factor Chandelier and American rapper Kirby Dominant. The duo released their first album, ''One Way Ticket'', in 2004. Their second album, '' Champagne Nightmares'', wa ...

, a hip hop duo consisting of Canadian producer

Factor Chandelier Graham Murawsky (born March 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Factor Chandelier (formerly Factor), is a Canadian underground hip hop producer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is a founder of Off Beat Production and Side Road Records. Hist ...

and American rapper

Kirby Dominant Kirby Dominick, better known by his stage name Kirby Dominant, is an American rapper from Oakland, California. Allmusic described him as "an upcoming force in the San Francisco Bay Area's brightening hip-hop scene". He is one half of the duo Par ...

. It was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011. On August 25, 2011, '' URB'' premiered the music video for "Orca".

Critical reception

Steve Juon of ''RapReviews.com'' gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, saying, "It's hard not to recommend Paranoid Castle to everybody reading except for one thing: it's just not going to be boom bap enough for some or macho enough for others." Niela Orr of ''

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'' said, "The beats are one of the likable things on the album, and it's clear that Factor is intent on purposefully matching the tone of Dominant's swirly, machismo laced, man-boy bragging."

Track listing

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2011 albums Fake Four Inc. albums Albums produced by Factor (producer)