White Men Are Black Men Too

White Men Are Black Men Too
Studio album by Young Fathers
Released 6 April 2015 (2015-04-06)
Genre Alternative hip hop, indie rock, pop
Length 38:53
Label Big Dada
Producer Young Fathers
Young Fathers chronology
Dead
(2014)		 White Men Are Black Men Too
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DIY[3]
Exclaim!9/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
NME7/10[7]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[8]

White Men Are Black Men Too is the second studio album by Scottish hip hop group Young Fathers. It was released on Big Dada on 6 April 2015.[7]

Critical reception

White Men Are Black Men Too received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 83, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[1]

Andy Gill of The Independent felt that the album "has less to do, musically, with traditional American hip-hop than it does with a European indie sensibility grounded in krautrock, electropop and avant-rock."[6] Lanre Bakare of The Guardian commented that "[Young Fathers] manage the rare feat of melding pop and politics into a potent mix, and continue a tradition – begun by the likes of Smith & Mighty, Tricky and Massive Attack – of reinterpreting pop, hip-hop and soul through the filter of black British life."[5] Writing for Exclaim!, Kyle Mullin called the record "a perfect storm of influences and talent."[4]

Jamie Milton of DIY gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "Young Father's most fearless release yet."[3]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2015 2015
NME NME'S Albums of the Year 2015 2015

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Still Running"   3:08
2. "Shame"   4:09
3. "Feasting"   2:39
4. "27"   2:27
5. "Rain or Shine"   3:49
6. "Sirens"   3:00
7. "Old Rock n Roll"   3:11
8. "Nest"   3:17
9. "Liberated"   2:55
10. "John Doe"   2:52
11. "Dare Me"   2:39
12. "Get Started"   4:47
Total length:
 38:53

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for White Men Are Black Men Too – Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David (6 April 2015). "White Men Are Black Men Too - Young Fathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Milton, Jamie (3 April 2015). "Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too | DIY". DIY. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 Mullin, Kyle (April 8, 2015). "Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Bakare, Lanre (2 April 2015). "Young Fathers: Dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 Gill, Andy (3 April 2015). "Young Fathers, White Men Are Black Men Too - album review: A joyous mash-up that crosses the cultural divide". The Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 Pattison, Louis (31 March 2015). "NME Reviews - Young Fathers - 'White Men Are Black Men Too' | NME.COM". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Tolentino, Jia (9 March 2015). "Young Fathers 'White Men Are Black Men Too' Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2015". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". nme.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

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