Hello Cruel World (Sole and the Skyrider Band album)

Hello Cruel World
Studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band
Released July 19, 2011
Recorded 2010-2011
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 52:58
Label Fake Four Inc.
Producer Sole, Skyrider
Sole and the Skyrider Band chronology

Plastique
(2009)		 Hello Cruel World
(2011)		 The Challenger EP
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
Exclaim! mixed[3]
Pitchfork Media 6.1/10[4]
Potholes in My Blog [5]
The Skinny [6]
Westword favorable[7]

Hello Cruel World is the third studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band.[8] It was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011.[2]

Reception

Hello Cruel World received generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a score of 66/100, based on 6 reviews.[1]

David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "the album's title references Sole's desire to bring the underground angst to the masses, injecting a little ugliness and art into your everyday programming."[2] Tom Briehan of Pitchfork Media felt that "Sole has largely curbed his frantic, out-of-control, sometimes-arrhythmic rap style, going for a measured and controlled thing instead."[4] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! called it "Sole's most accessible work so far."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Napoleon" (featuring Xiu Xiu) 4:16
2. "D.I.Y."   3:47
3. "Hello Cruel World"   4:28
4. "Fire"   2:51
5. "Bad Captain Swag" (featuring Lil B and Pictureplane) 5:01
6. "We Will Not Be Moved" (featuring Ceschi and Noah23) 4:58
7. "Possimism"   3:14
8. "Home Ain't Shit" (written by Pedestrian) 4:18
9. "Formal Designation 134340"   3:45
10. "Immortality"   4:25
11. "Progress Trap" (featuring Sage Francis) 3:54
12. "Vaya Con el Diablo" (featuring Ceschi, Isaiah Toothtaker and Mestizo) 4:15
13. "Villon"   3:44

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hello Cruel World - Sole and the Skyrider Band". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jeffries, David. "Hello Cruel World - Sole and the Skyrider Band". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quinlan, Thomas (July 19, 2011). "Sole and the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World". Exclaim!.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Breihan, Tom (July 18, 2011). "Sole and the Skyrider Band: Hello Cruel World". Pitchfork Media.
  5. ↑ Bosman, Chris (July 24, 2011). "Sole And The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World". Potholes in My Blog.
  6. ↑ Maloney, Ali (July 27, 2011). "Sole and The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World". The Skinny.
  7. ↑ Murphy, Tom (July 13, 2011). "Sole & the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World - Fake Four Inc.". Westword.
  8. ↑ Gilkeson, Kyle (May 25, 2011). "Video Premiere: Sole & The Skyrider Band’s “Hello Cruel World”". Alarm.

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