Sign (Autechre album)
Appearance
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 8 October 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2018–2020[1] | |||
Length | 65:33 | |||
Label | Warp WARP329 | |||
Producer | Rob Brown and Sean Booth | |||
Autechre chronology | ||||
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Sign (stylised as SIGN) is the fourteenth studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was announced by Warp Records on 2 September 2020 via their Twitter page, and was released on 16 October 2020.[2][3] The cover and packaging artwork was created by The Designers Republic.[4] The album was broadcast for the first time on 8 October on the Autechre website.[5] It was made available as a digital download for everyone that pre-ordered shortly after.
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Beats Per Minute | 79%[8] |
Clash | [9] |
Exclaim! | [10] |
The Guardian | [11] |
Loud and Quiet | 7/10[12] |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[13] |
SIGN has been met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 10 reviews.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown[14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "M4 Lema" | 8:49 |
2. | "F7" | 5:56 |
3. | "si00" | 5:51 |
4. | "esc desc" | 4:55 |
5. | "au14" | 5:03 |
6. | "Metaz form8" | 6:00 |
7. | "sch.mefd 2" | 5:25 |
8. | "gr4" | 3:21 |
9. | "th red a" | 6:35 |
10. | "psin AM" | 6:20 |
11. | "r cazt" | 7:12 |
Total length: | 65:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "n Cur" | 6:14 |
Total length: | 71:47 |
Charts
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] | 10 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] | 56 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] | 51 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 53 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] | 16 |
UK Albums (OCC)[21] | 41 |
References
- ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. "Autechre + Sign". S/FJ. Internet Archive: Substack. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Warp Records (2 September 2020). "AUTECHRE 'SIGN' WARP329 01:05:33 16 OCT 2020". Warp Records. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Resident Advisor (2 September 2020). "Autechre announce new album, SIGN, on Warp". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Bleep.com (2 September 2020). "Autechre - SIGN". Bleep.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "SIGN". AE_STORE. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ a b "SIGN by Autechre". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Simpson, Paul. "SIGN – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Fisette, Jeremy J. (19 October 2020). "Album Review: Autechre – SIGN". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Roseblade, Nick (15 October 2020). "Autechre - SIGN". Clash. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Keating, Daryl (20 October 2020). "Autechre Are as Accessible as They Can Possibly Get on 'SIGN'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Amin, Tayyab (16 October 2020). "Autechre: Sign review – electronic masters soar and fall in negative space". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Rankine, Ollie (12 October 2020). "Autechre – SIGN – Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (16 October 2020). "Autechre SIGN". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ autechre.ws (2 September 2020). "AUTECHRE - SIGN. AE_STORE". AE_STORE. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Tower Records Online (2 September 2020). "Autechre/SIGN<通常盤>". AE_STORE. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Sign" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Sign" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Autechre – Sign" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Autechre – Sign" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
External links
- Sign on Autechre Store
- Sign at Discogs (list of releases)
- Sign at MusicBrainz (list of releases)