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Production
by Mirwais
'Production' is a solo album from the French producer best known for his work with Madonna (who returns the favor by adding vocals to one track here).
| LABEL: |
Epic |
| RELEASE DATE: |
27 February 2001 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Dance, Electronic |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
For all its irrepressible sonic whimsy, Production also reveals quite a bit of unexpected depth.
80
Alternative Press
Filled with laid-back, intelligent electronica equally suited to dancing and chilling, Production ultimately succeeds through its deft combination of strikingly disparate elements. [#153, p.79]
80
Sonicnet
It's all remarkably effective. In capturing "the ghost in the machine," Mirwais has made a most warm and humane album.
80
CDNow
Mirwais lays down grooves that aren't even sensual; they're rambunctiously horny.
80
All Music Guide
A collection of songs that are as clever and intelligently crafted as they are danceable.
73
Wall of Sound
Production is a dance record, but Mirwais is no mere slave to the rhythm. While other artists keep the BPM pumped up, the songs here drift and simmer. "V.I. (The Last Words She Said Before Leaving," for example, creeps along at a funereal pace for more than six minutes and doesn't catch much of a beat until four minutes in.
70
Mixer
Unrestrained by the limits of producing a radio-friendly album, Mirwais produced an excellent album that can be appreciated by both fans and critics of Madonna. [Apr 2001, p.92]
63
Spin Cycle
Something of a mixed bag, "Production" teeters between grating aimlessness and uniquely dark, claustrophobically compressed runs through the Vocoder-happy lands of French house music.
60
Revolution
The only real disappointment is the sub-Air styling of "Naive Song," its vocoded lyrics sounding almost like a pastiche of his fellow Frenchmen's work. [Sept 2000, p.113]
60
Rolling Stone
Cerebral, meticulous and frivolous, Production is a disco-science celebration of pop trash that most electronica gurus would be too spiritually elevated to deliver. Mirwais' knack for song puts him in another league altogether
40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
What could have been a huge breakthrough instead sounds staid, as if he were so used to rocking the house that he didn't want to risk rocking the boat.
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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