Scars (Basement Jaxx album)

The track "Twerk" features lyrics adapted from Michael Sembello's song "Maniac". Buxton recalls their time collaborating with Yoko Ono: "[She] was very cool. We were told she would arrive bang on time and leave exactly when she was supposed to. And she did. She's very disciplined. The weird thing working with her, I thought she'd come in being all Yoko Ono and she came and asked 'What do you want me to say or sing?' Luckily I'd written some surreal poem and said, 'You could read this along to the music.'" In an interview, Felix Buxton stated that the album Scars were all the things that the band had been through emotionally and physically. Felix told Rolling Stone Australia they named the album after he was mugged for his bicycle in Brixton, London in 2008. He revealed: "I wasn't badly hurt, but it scared me. It's probably one of the scariest moments of my life. Scars are the things that stay with you and that incident definitely gave me one." == Release ==

Scars was preceded by the release of two singles from the album: "Raindrops", released on 22 June 2009, and "Feelings Gone", on 8 September. Scars was released on 21 September 2009 by record labels XL, Ultra and Interscope. One final single was released: "My Turn", on 14 December. The songs "Raindrops" and "My Turn" were included in the 2010 series of concerts with Metropole Orkest which led to the 2011 album Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest. The single, "Saga" featuring Santigold appeared as soundtrack in EA Sports game, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. == Critical reception ==

The album was given a score of 69 out of 100 from Metacritic based on 19 reviews, a much lower score than their first three albums. == Track listing ==