The Young Machines is a studio album by Her Space Holiday. It was released on Mush Records on September 30, 2003.
The Young Machines | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 30, 2003 | |||
Genre | Indie pop[1] | |||
Length | 44:28 | |||
Label | Mush Records | |||
Producer | Marc Bianchi | |||
Her Space Holiday chronology | ||||
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Critical reception
editAggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10[4] |
Stylus Magazine | C[5] |
Uncut | 4/10[6] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Young Machines received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Kenyon Hopkin of AllMusic praised the album's "lush IDM-powered indie pop."[2] Kilian Murphy of Stylus Magazine wrote: "An intriguing mixture of laptop-electronica and emotional indie song writing, this is engagingly quirky stuff."[5]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Marc Bianchi
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Young Machines" | 4:25 |
2. | "Something to Do with My Hands" | 3:33 |
3. | "Tech Romance" | 4:20 |
4. | "Sleepy California" | 5:00 |
5. | "Japanese Gum" | 3:48 |
6. | "Meet the Pressure" | 4:47 |
7. | "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" | 4:31 |
8. | "The Luxury of Loneliness" | 4:40 |
9. | "Girl Problem" | 4:15 |
10. | "From South Carolina" | 5:10 |
Total length: | 44:28 |
Personnel
editCredits adapted from liner notes.
- Marc Bianchi – music
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Clust.TM – art, design
Release history
editRegion | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | September 30, 2003[7] | Mush Records | CD | MH-224 |
UK | October 20, 2003[7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | WEBB047CD |
Europe | October 20, 2003[7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | VVR1024982 |
Japan | January 21, 2004[7] | & Records | CD | NPPX-31 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Young Machines by Her Space Holiday". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Hopkin, Kenyon. "The Young Machines - Her Space Holiday". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Weingarten, Marc (October 24, 2003). "The Young Machines Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Bowers, William (January 15, 2004). "Her Space Holiday:The Young Machines". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Murphy, Kilian (December 8, 2003). "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Uncut. Time Inc. UK. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "MH-224 Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines". Mush Records. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
External links
edit- The Young Machines at Discogs (list of releases)