You're Dead!

For other uses, see You're Dead.
You're Dead!
Studio album by Flying Lotus
Released October 6, 2014
Recorded 2013–14
Length 38:15
Label Warp
Producer Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus chronology
Until the Quiet Comes
(2012)		 You're Dead!
(2014)
Singles from You're Dead
  1. "Never Catch Me"
    Released: September 2014[1]

You're Dead! is the fifth studio album by American music producer Flying Lotus, released on October 6, 2014 in the UK and October 7, 2014 in the US, by Warp Records.

Release

The album's title and release date were announced on July 22, 2014.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic88/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. ClubA–[5]
Clash8/10[6]
Consequence of SoundB[7]
The Guardian[8]
NME8/10[9]
PopMatters9/10[10]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Slant Magazine[13]

You're Dead! received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 36 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[3]

In a glowing review for The Guardian Paul MacInnes said, "There’s always been a sense that Ellison was stretching for a new musical vernacular, one that would continue the lineage of free jazz (he is the great-nephew of Alice Coltrane). This album suggests he might have found it."[8] Michael Blair of XXL applauded the album overall saying, "The genius of Flying Lotus, which has been invariably present throughout his preceding releases, but most especially on You’re Dead!, is that he has an incredible ability to both illustrate and extract exceptional amounts of emotion, without saying much at all."[14] Staff writer at Exclaim! Stephen Carlickm who gave the release 9/10 described the album as, "Excitingly new yet classically evocative, You're Dead! is contemplative but never boring, an example of genre cross-pollination that transcends novelty and, occasionally, time and space as well."[15]

Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in his column for Cuepoint, citing "Turkey Dog Coma" and "Ready Err Not" as highlights and writing, "The problem isn't that it's less than the sum of its parts--the problem is that there is no sum, only parts".[16]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 17,000 copies in the United States.[17] In its second week, the album dropped to number 67 on the chart, selling 5,000 copies, bringing its total album sales to 22,000 copies.[18]

Track listing

Writing credits derived from AllMusic.[19]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Theme"  Steven Ellison 1:24
2. "Tesla"  
 1:54
3. "Cold Dead"  
 1:34
4. "Fkn Dead"  
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
 0:40
5. "Never Catch Me" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
 3:54
6. "Dead Man's Tetris" (featuring Captain Murphy and Snoop Dogg)
 2:25
7. "Turkey Dog Coma"  
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
 3:09
8. "Stirring"  
  • Ellison
  • Jeff Lynn
 0:30
9. "Coronus, the Terminator"  
  • Ellison
  • Nicole Randa
 2:40
10. "Siren Song" (featuring Angel Deradoorian)
 2:37
11. "Turtles"  
 2:06
12. "Ready err Not"  Ellison 1:45
13. "Eyes Above"  Ellison 1:12
14. "Moment of Hesitation"  
  • Ellison
  • Washington
  • Hancock
 2:18
15. "Descent Into Madness" (featuring Thundercat)
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
 1:27
16. "The Boys Who Died in Their Sleep" (featuring Captain Murphy)Ellison 1:50
17. "Obligatory Cadence"  
  • Ellison
  • Cham Staker
 2:56
18. "Your Potential//The Beyond" (featuring Niki Randa)
  • Ellison
  • Randa
 1:45
19. "The Protest"  Ellison 1:57
20. "Protector" (Japanese and Vinyl versions bonus track)Ellison 2:12
Total length:
 38:15

Personnel

Credits for You're Dead! adapted from AllMusic.[20][21]

  • Stephen Ellison a.k.a. Flying Lotus – primary artist, composer, producer, keyboards, percussion, sampling, synthesizer, vocals (tracks 6, 9, 16), background vocals
  • Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – vocal mixing
  • Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) – composer, bass, featured artist, guitar, vocals, background vocals
  • Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
  • Nicolas Fournier – assistant engineer
  • Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Daddy Kev – mastering
  • Angel Deradoorian – composer, featured artist, vocals (track 10), background vocals
  • Arlene Deradoorian – vocals
  • Kimbra Johnson – vocals (track 19)
  • Kendrick Lamar – featured artist, vocals (track 5)
  • Ennio Morricone – composer
  • C. Staker – composer
  • Niki Randa – composer, featured artist, percussion, vocals (track 18), background vocals
  • Snoop Dogg – composer, featured artist, vocals (track 6)
  • Herbie Hancock – composer, keyboards (tracks 2, 14)
  • Kamasi Washington – composer, keyboards, saxophone
  • Jeff Lynn – composer, guitar
  • Deantoni Parks – drums (tracks 1, 5, 9, 10, 13, 19) [22]
  • Gene Coye – drums
  • Ronald Bruner – drums
  • Justin Brown – drums
  • Andres Renteria – keyboards, percussion
  • Taylor Graves – keyboards
  • Brandon Coleman – keyboards
  • Taylor Cannizzaro – strings
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings
  • Brendon Small – guitar (tracks 7, 10)
  • Laura Darlington – flute, vocals (track 19)
  • The French Ensemble – sample source
  • Stephen Serrato – design
  • Shintaro Kago – illustrations

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[23][24] 24
US Billboard 200 19

References

  1. ↑ "Flying Lotus – “Never Catch Me” (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)". Stereogum. September 3, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Minsker, Evan (22 July 2014). "Flying Lotus Announces New Album, You're Dead!, and Tour". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for You're Dead!". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Kellman, Andy (7 October 2014). "You're Dead! - Flying Lotus". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Purdom, Clayton (7 October 2014). "Review: Flying Lotus aims for the heavens on You're Dead!". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Bennnett, Matthew (2 October 2014). "Flying Lotus - You're Dead!". Clash. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Kivel, Adam (8 October 2014). "Flying Lotus - You're Dead!". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "You're Dead! - Flying Lotus". The Guardian. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Cottingham, Chris (6 October 2014). "Flying Lotus - You're Dead!". NME. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Smithson, Logan. "Flying Lotus: You're Dead!". PopMatters. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Patrin, Nate (6 October 2014). "Flying Lotus: You're Dead!". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Hermes, Will. "Flying Lotus You're Dead! Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Slant review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Blair, Michael (13 October 2014). "Flying Lotus: You're Dead! review – a singular piece of work in an overcrowded market". XXL. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Carlick, Stephen (14 October 2014). "Flying Lotus: You're Dead! review – a singular piece of work in an overcrowded market". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  16. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January 2015). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  17. ↑ Tardio, Andres (2014-10-15). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Keyshia Cole, Childish Gambino, Tinashe, Flying Lotus". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  18. ↑ Tardio, Andres (2014-10-11). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  19. ↑ Andy Kellman. "You're Dead! - Flying Lotus - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "You're Dead! - Flying Lotus". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  21. ↑ "Official Flylo Tumblr". Tumblr. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Deantoni Parks". Facebook. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  23. ↑ "Official Albums Chart UK Top 100 - 13th December 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "FLYING LOTUS". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.