A Badly Broken Code is the debut studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree.

The album title comes from a line in the poem "Nostalgia" by American poet Billy Collins.

[5] Jakob Dorof of Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The result is likely one of the best hip-hop songs you'll hear this year, let alone from the rare type of MC that manages to be white, female, and supremely talented all in one.

[6] In 2010, City Pages listed it as the "Best Local Album of the Past 12 Months".

[7] The track "The Bullpen" was frequently used as walk out music at rallies by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar during her 2020 Democratic presidential primaries campaign.