Platform is the second studio album by American electronic producer Holly Herndon, released on May 19, 2015, via 4AD. The album received wide critical acclaim upon its release.[1] It is the first commercially released album to include a track intended to trigger autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), "Lonely at the Top".[2][3][4][5][6]
Platform | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 19, 2015 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 49:36 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
Producer | Holly Herndon, Amnesia Scanner, Mat Dryhurst | |||
Holly Herndon chronology | ||||
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Critical reception
editAggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[7] |
Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
The Guardian | [9] |
The Irish Times | [10] |
NME | 8/10[11] |
Pitchfork | 8.7/10[12] |
Q | [13] |
Resident Advisor | 4.0/5[14] |
Rolling Stone | [15] |
Spin | 7/10[16] |
Uncut | 9/10[17] |
Winston Cook-Wilson of Pitchfork wrote that "Platform may turn out to be the most thought-provoking experimental electronic music release of the year."[12] Laurie Tuffrey of The Quietus wrote that "in so solidly refuting musical clichés, it can genuinely lay claim to the oft-used description forward-facing."[18] The Guardian's Tshepo Mokoena wrote that "[Herndon] turns cold, lifeless synthetic beats into disconcerting, disjointed rhythms that glitch and collapse on each other", describing the album as "gloriously avant garde and fiercely inventive."[9] Drowned in Sound wrote that "at once Herndon’s most accessible and most adventurous record, this is digital age avant-garde sound art put through a pop prism, and it’s all the more exciting as a result."[19] Heather Phares of AllMusic described the album as "nuanced in how it combines political, technological and structural and ideological concepts."[8] In naming Platform among 2015's best experimental albums, PopMatters wrote: "It’s fair to say if you're unfamiliar with [Herndon's] work, you've never heard anything like it: EDM-streaked sound collage, at once robotic and deeply personal."[20]
Accolades
editPublication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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The Guardian | The Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 24[21]
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NME | NME's Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 26[22]
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Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 39[23]
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PopMatters | The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 6[20]
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The Wire | Top 50 Releases of 2015 | 2015 | 6[24]
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Track listing
editAll songs written and produced by Holly Herndon; except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Interference" | Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst | 4:41 | |
2. | "Chorus" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:55 | |
3. | "Unequal" | Herndon, Colin Self | 5:11 | |
4. | "Morning Sun" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:21 | |
5. | "Locker Leak" | Herndon, Spencer Longo | 4:15 | |
6. | "An Exit" | Herndon, Amnesia Scanner | Herndon, Amnesia Scanner | 4:58 |
7. | "Lonely at the Top" | Herndon, Claire Tolan | 4:31 | |
8. | "DAO" | 4:13 | ||
9. | "Home" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:53 | |
10. | "New Ways to Love" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 4:38 |
Charts
editCharts (2015) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] | 183 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[27] | 20 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[28] | 13 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Reviews for Platform by Holly Herndon". Metacritic. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (April 26, 2015). "Holly Herndon: the queen of tech-topia". The Guardian. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (March 31, 2015). "Holly Herndon's collective vision". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ Corcoran, Nina (May 22, 2015). "Holly Herndon goes off the grid". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ Jacoby, Sarah (May 21, 2015). "Does this song trigger your ASMR?". Refinery29. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ Cliff, Aimee (May 13, 2015). "Holly Herndon's new horizons". Dazed. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "Platform by Holly Herndon reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Platform – Holly Herndon". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ a b Mokoena, Tshepo (May 14, 2015). "Holly Herndon: Platform review – fiercely inventive, brain-tingling techno". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ Carroll, Jim (May 15, 2015). "Holly Herndon: Platform | Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (May 1, 2015). "Holly Herndon – 'Platform'". NME. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Cook-Wilson, Winston (May 21, 2015). "Holly Herndon: Platform". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ "Holly Herndon: Platform". Q (347): 107. June 2015.
- ^ Maleney, Ian (June 3, 2015). "Holly Herndon – Platform". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (July 29, 2015). "Platform". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Joyce, Colin (May 20, 2015). "Review: Holly Herndon Pioneers the Skype Breakup Album With 'Platform'". Spin. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (June 10, 2015). "Holly Herndon – Platform". Uncut. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Tuffrey, Laurie (June 2, 2015). "Holly Herndon: Platform". The Quietus. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Bland, Benjamin (14 May 2015). "Album Review: Holly Herndon – Platform". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ a b Harrison, A Noa (August 4, 2020). "The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2015". PopMatters. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "The Best Albums of 2015". The Guardian. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "NME's Albums of the Year 2015". NME. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Rewind: Releases of the Year 1–50". The Wire. No. 383. London. January 2016. p. 32 – via Exact Editions.
- ^ ""Platform" von Holly Herndon". iTunes. 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Holly Herndon – Platform" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ "Holly Herndon Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ "Holly Herndon Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2019.