Plaid - Double Figure (2001). Released: 2001. Genre: Electronic, Ambient, IDM Label: Warp Records Quality: 192kbps. Buy Double Figure by Plaid on Plaid. Download MP3, WAV, FLAC.
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Double Figure is the fourth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on Warp in 2001. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[6]
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81% based on 11 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'.[2]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, 'Plaid returned in 2001 with an LP of tough machine music, closer to the melancholy beatbox style of their mid-'90s singles than the rangy, dynamic sound of 1999's Rest Proof Clockwork.'[3] Malcolm Seymour III of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying: 'This album features some of their best work to date, but also some of their greatest failures.'[5]
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Boomkat Product Review:
Ed and Andy follow up last years essential 'Trainer' retrospective with yet another inimitable collection of electronica workouts. 'Eyen' is up first with the kind of heartmelting guitar melodies and uber-crisp beats that has defined Plaid's recent output. The rave pressure is then brought fully on with the firin' 'Assault on Precinct Zero' which, to my mind at least, is one of the weakest tracks on offer here. From here on, however, it's pretty much uphill all the way. With many nods toward the current school of Schematic / Chocolate Industries artists, there are many digitized moments of off-kilter grooves that reiterate the genius of the Black Dog LP's. The songwriting skill displayed on the emotive 'Sincetta' sits perfectly against the aggressive dancefloor workouts that pepper this release.The sweet tones of vocalist Mara Carlyle brings a natural feel to the closing 'Manyme', a blissed out soul based track which displays Plaid's knack of hitting you where it hurts with the tightest Hip Hop groove possible. Double Figure is one of those LP's that excells in its ability to entrench itself deeply within your minds - tunes that are endlessly memorable and execution that veers towards simplicity and is all the richer for it. Superb.
Boomkat Product Review:
Ed and Andy follow up last years essential 'Trainer' retrospective with yet another inimitable collection of electronica workouts. 'Eyen' is up first with the kind of heartmelting guitar melodies and uber-crisp beats that has defined Plaid's recent output. The rave pressure is then brought fully on with the firin' 'Assault on Precinct Zero' which, to my mind at least, is one of the weakest tracks on offer here. From here on, however, it's pretty much uphill all the way. With many nods toward the current school of Schematic / Chocolate Industries artists, there are many digitized moments of off-kilter grooves that reiterate the genius of the Black Dog LP's. The songwriting skill displayed on the emotive 'Sincetta' sits perfectly against the aggressive dancefloor workouts that pepper this release.The sweet tones of vocalist Mara Carlyle brings a natural feel to the closing 'Manyme', a blissed out soul based track which displays Plaid's knack of hitting you where it hurts with the tightest Hip Hop groove possible. Double Figure is one of those LP's that excells in its ability to entrench itself deeply within your minds - tunes that are endlessly memorable and execution that veers towards simplicity and is all the richer for it. Superb.
Boomkat Product Review:
Ed and Andy follow up last years essential 'Trainer' retrospective with yet another inimitable collection of electronica workouts. 'Eyen' is up first with the kind of heartmelting guitar melodies and uber-crisp beats that has defined Plaid's recent output. The rave pressure is then brought fully on with the firin' 'Assault on Precinct Zero' which, to my mind at least, is one of the weakest tracks on offer here. From here on, however, it's pretty much uphill all the way. With many nods toward the current school of Schematic / Chocolate Industries artists, there are many digitized moments of off-kilter grooves that reiterate the genius of the Black Dog LP's. The songwriting skill displayed on the emotive 'Sincetta' sits perfectly against the aggressive dancefloor workouts that pepper this release.The sweet tones of vocalist Mara Carlyle brings a natural feel to the closing 'Manyme', a blissed out soul based track which displays Plaid's knack of hitting you where it hurts with the tightest Hip Hop groove possible. Double Figure is one of those LP's that excells in its ability to entrench itself deeply within your minds - tunes that are endlessly memorable and execution that veers towards simplicity and is all the richer for it. Superb.
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