DoubleThink

DoubleThink
Studio album by Akala
Released 3 May 2010
Recorded 2009/2010
Genre Hip hop, electro, alternative rock
Length 62:08
Label Illa State Records
Akala chronology

Freedom Lasso
(2007)
DoubleThink
(2010)
The Thieves Banquet
(2013)
Singles from DoubleThink
  1. "XXL"
    Released: April 19, 2010
  2. "Yours and My Children"
    Released: October 18, 2010
  3. "Find No Enemy"
    Released: March 31, 2011
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soulculture [1]
spudnikmusic [2]
LIME Magazine [3]

DoubleThink is the third album from hip hop artist Akala, It was released on 3 May 2010 by Illa State Records. The title refers to doublethink, a plot element in George Orwell's dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Akala noted this novel, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We as stimulus for the album's dystopian qualities.[4][5]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Intro"    1:09
2. "Welcome to Dystopia"    3:49
3. "Faceless People"    3:23
4. "Marathon Man"    3:40
5. "Psychosis" (Interlude)  0:27
6. "Psycho"    4:12
7. "XXL"    3:53
8. "I Don't Need"    2:37
9. "Thick Skin"    3:28
10. "Peace"    1:58
11. "Yours and My Children"    4:23
12. "Find No Enemy"    5:46
13. "Tree Without Root" (Interlude)  1:03
14. "What Is Real" (featuring illAudio)  5:24
15. "Face Down"    4:35
16. "God?"    3:53
17. "It's Not That Serious"    4:53
18. "Outro"    3:46
19. "Can U Tell Me" (Bonus Track)  4:57

Footnotes

  1. "Akala - DoubleThink - Album Review - SoulCulture". SoulCulture. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. "Akala - Doublethink (album review ) - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "Akala - DoubleThink - Album Review - SoulCulture". SoulCulture. Retrieved 20 November 2014.