Collections (Delphic album)

Collections
Studio album by Delphic
Released 28 January 2013
Recorded 2010–2012, Manchester; Unit 3 in Bristol; Monnow Valley in Wales; Maze Studios in Atlanta
Genre Alternative dance
Length 42:56
Label Polydor
Producer Ben Allen and Tim Goldsworthy[1]
Delphic chronology

Acolyte
(2010)		 Collections
(2013)
Singles from Collections
  1. "Baiya"
    Released: January 2013

Collections is the second studio album by the English alternative dance band Delphic, released by Polydor Records on 28 January 2013.[2][3]

Background and recording

The band worked on the album between late 2010 and Autumn 2012, first in their own studio in Manchester, followed by production work from Tim Goldsworthy at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales, the Unit 3 studio in Bristol and Ben Allen in his studio in Atlanta.[1][2] The cover art was created by Vhils.[4] A video trailer for the album was released in November 2012.[2] The album will be preceded by the single "Baiya".[4]

Keyboardist Rick Boardman explained the delay since the band's first album: "We'd been touring for two years. We were just creatively burnt out." In an interview with NME, he went into further detail: "We didn't want to release something that we would mean we could just go back on tour and have fun. We just want to make a really great record."[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 59/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
Clash 8/10[6]
DIY 6/10[7]
Drowned in Sound 5/10[8]
The Guardian [9]
Impact [10]
musicOMH [11]
NME 5/10[12]

Collections received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 59, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".NME writer David Renshaw called it "confident and professional" but said that it would be unlikely to appeal to fans of either dance music or guitar bands.[13] In reviewing it for the BBC, Ben Hewitt summarised the album as "on the whole, Collections is a misfire and proof that, sometimes, re-inventing the wheel doesn’t always reap rewards – especially if you were already journeying more gracefully from A-to-B than most of your contemporaries."[14]

Track listing[15]

No. Title Length
1. "Of the Young"   3:54
2. "Baiya"   4:22
3. "Changes"   4:29
4. "Freedom Found"   4:20
5. "Atlas"   6:10
6. "Tears Before Bedtime"   2:50
7. "The Sun Also Rises"   3:37
8. "Memeo"   3:38
9. "Don't Let the Dreamers Take You Away"   5:05
10. "Exotic"   4:31
Total length:
 42:56

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Delphic on their second album: 'We're trying to make something truly great'". NME. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Delphic announce new album 'Collections'", NME, 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012
  3. ↑ Murray, Robin (2012) "Delphic Confirm Second Album Plans", Clash, 1 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Baggs, Michael (2012) "New Music: Delphic Premiere New Single 'Baiya' - Out January 2013", Gigwise, 29 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012
  5. ↑ "Collections - Delphic". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Rivers, Joe (29 January 2013). "Delphic - Collections". Clash. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Skilbeck, Richard. "Delphic - Collections". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Cottingham, Christian (28 January 2013). "Album Review: Delphic - Collections". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Simpson, Dave (24 January 2013). "Delphic: Collections – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Jones, Daniel (23 January 2013). "Album Review: Delphic – ‘Collections’". Impact. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  11. ↑ Green, Lawrence (28 January 2013). "Delphic – Collections". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  12. ↑ Renshaw, David (24 January 2013). "Delphic - 'Collections'". NME. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Renshaw, David (2013). "Delphic - 'Collections'." NME. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  14. ↑ Hewitt, Ben (2013). "Delphic Collections Review." BBC. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Track 4 has been rehearsed and perfected today for a very special 21st party tomoro night.. Who's with us? Tickets going fast! Ohhh and BTW who's that beautiful man? #FB". 27 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.