Cosmogramma
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| A.V. Club | (A)[2] |
| BBC | (very positive)[3] |
| Delusions of Adequacy | (Positive)[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[5] |
| The Guardian |  [6] |
| NME | (8/10)[7] |
| One Thirty BPM | (92%)[8] |
| Paste Magazine | (89%)[9] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.8/10)[10] |
| PopMatters | (9/10)[11] |
| Resident Advisor | (4.5/5)[12] |
| The Skinny | [13] |
| Spin | [14] |
| The Times | [15] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [16] |
Cosmogramma is an album by Flying Lotus, released on May 3, 2010, on Warp Records.[17] The title refers to a lecture given by Alice Coltrane.[citation needed]
'Cosmogramma' was awarded the top spot in Exclaim! Magazine's annual ranking of Electronic albums. Dimitri Nasrallah writes of Flying Lotus, "In the five years since he first appeared on the scene, the Los Angeles native's talents have grown in such leaps and bounds that he now finds himself pioneering a full-blown West-Coast beats renaissance."[18] More recently, it was ranked the 14th best album of 2010 by Pitchfork Media. [19]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Flying Lotus, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Clock Catcher" | 1:13 | |
| 2. | "Pickled!" | 2:14 | |
| 3. | "Nose Art" | 1:58 | |
| 4. | "Intro//A Cosmic Drama" | 1:15 | |
| 5. | "Zodiac Shit" | 2:45 | |
| 6. | "Computer Face//Pure Being" | 2:33 | |
| 7. | "...And the World Laughs with You (featuring Thom Yorke)" | Flying Lotus, Thom Yorke | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Arkestry" | 2:51 | |
| 9. | "MmmHmm (featuring Thundercat)" | Flying Lotus, Stephen Bruner | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Do the Astral Plane" | 3:58 | |
| 11. | "Satelllliiiiiiiteee" | 3:49 | |
| 12. | "German Haircut" | 1:57 | |
| 13. | "Recoiled" | 3:37 | |
| 14. | "Dance of the Pseudo Nymph" | 2:47 | |
| 15. | "Drips//Auntie's Harp" | 2:10 | |
| 16. | "Table Tennis (featuring Laura Darlington)" | Flying Lotus, Laura Darlington | 3:02 |
| 17. | "Galaxy in Janaki" | 2:28 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 18. | "Velvet Cake" | 2:40 |
Personnel
- Brian Martinez – guitar (track 16)
- Dorian Concept (Oliver Thomas Johnson) – keyboard (track 11)
- Laura Darlington – vocals (track 16)
- Low Leaf – keyboard (track 14)
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings and string arrangements (tracks 4, 5, 10, 15, 17)
- Niki Randa – vocals (track 4)
- Ravi Coltrane – tenor saxophone (tracks 8, 12)
- Rebekah Raff – harp (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17)
- Richard Eigner – drums (track 12)
- Thom Yorke – vocals (track 7)
- Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) – bass (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17), vocals (tracks 9, 14)
- Todd Simon – trumpet (track 10)
Technical personnel
- Flying Lotus – producer, engineer
- Daddy Kev – mastering
- Leigh J. McCloskey – artwork
- Brandy Flower – design
References
- ^ "Allmusic review".
- ^ "A.V. Club review".
- ^ "BBC review".
- ^ "Delusions of Adequacy review".
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review".
- ^ MacInnes, Paul (April 29, 2010). "The Guardian review". London.
- ^ "NME review".
- ^ "One Thirty BPM review".
- ^ "Pasta Magazine review".
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review".
- ^ "PopMatters review".
- ^ "Resident Advisor review".
- ^ "The Skinny review".
- ^ "Spin review".
- ^ "The Times review". London. May 1, 2010.
- ^ "Tiny Mix Tapes review".
- ^ http://warp.net/records/releases/flying-lotus/cosmogramma
- ^ Dimitri Nasrallah {Exclaim! Electronic Year in Review, 2010} [1]
- ^ The Top 50 Albums of 2010 [2]