Product (Sophie album)

Product
Compilation album by Sophie
Released 27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Recorded 2013–15
Genre
Length 25:26
Label Numbers
Producer
  • Sophie
Singles from Product
  1. "Bipp"
    Released: 17 June 2013
  2. "Elle"
    Released: 17 June 2013
  3. "Lemonade"
    Released: 28 July 2014
  4. "Hard"
    Released: 4 August 2014
  5. "Msmsmsm"
    Released: 1 October 2015
  6. "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye"
    Released: 16 October 2015
  7. "L.O.V.E."
    Released: 6 November 2015
  8. "Vyzee"
    Released: 27 November 2015

Product is the debut compilation album by British electronic music producer Sophie. It was released by Numbers on 27 November 2015.[1] Four of the eight songs on Product have appeared on singles released by Numbers from 2013 to 2015. The album was made available in "silicon bubble cases", and its release coincides with the launch of a line of apparel and a "silicon product" resembling a sex toy.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of SoundB–[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
NoiseyA–[8]
Pitchfork Media6.6/10[9]
PopMatters8/10[10]
Resident Advisor[11]
Spin9/10[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes[13]

The review aggregator website Metacritic gave the album an average score of 74%, which indicates "generally favourable reviews."[3] Exclaim! Senior Editor Stephen Carlick called the record "a snapshot of an exciting artist whose tightrope walk between sweet and scary, pop and avant-garde, has yielded some of the best singles of the past few years."[6] The Guardian described the album as "disruptive, a sound pushing the limits of what constitutes pop and what is just an annoying noise you are inexplicably paying money for."[14] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Product blurs the traditional subject/object power relationship of pop music, bending desire as easily as it bends waveforms," and called it "one of the more mischievous music objects under the current atmosphere."[5]

MP3 blog Gorilla vs. Bear listed the album as their twelfth best album of 2015.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bipp"3:00
2."Elle"3:44
3."Lemonade"1:58
4."Hard"2:54
5."Msmsmsm"3:35
6."Vyzee"3:22
7."L.O.V.E."3:38
8."Just Like We Never Said Goodbye"3:08

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[16] 23

References

  1. ↑ Carley, Brennan (29 September 2015). "Sophie Announces New Collection, 'Product,' Out on November 27". Spin. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (29 September 2015). "Sophie Releasing Singles Collection With "Silicon Product" (That Sure Looks Like a Sex Toy)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Product by Sophie". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather (2015). "Product – Sophie". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Geffen, Sasha (December 1, 2015). "Sophie – Product". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Carlick, Stephen (November 25, 2015). "Sophie Product". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (November 26, 2015). "Sophie: Product Review". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Grimes Embodies Hyperfeminism Individualism for a Post-Rock Mindset". Vice. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Richardson, Mark (December 2, 2015). "Sophie: Product". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Bortoli, Danilo (November 30, 2015). "Sophie: Product". PopMatters. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ Fallon, Patric. "RA Reviews: Sophie – Product". Resident Advisor. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  12. ↑ Weiss, Dan (November 23, 2015). "Review: Sophie Rebuilds Pop in His Own Mysterious Image on 'Product'". Spin. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  13. ↑ "C Monster" (2015). "Sophie – Product". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  14. ↑ Empire, Kitty. "Sophie: Product review – digital pop divorced from the analogue world 4 / 5 stars". The Observer. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Sophie (42) – Product (BRC-493)". Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sophie – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Sophie. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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