Far Side Virtual
by James Ferraro
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. cokemachineglow
    Nov 28, 2011
    77
    In essence, Ferraro has crafted a noiseless noise record.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    There are certainly active emotions fuelling the themes laid out on this album, and I daresay you could identify fragments of meta-commentary. It's just that you need to take most of it on good faith.
  3. Pitchfork
    Nov 28, 2011
    76
    Such dedication to an aesthetic means Far Side Virtual gets a little tedious: It's 16 songs that aren't all that catchy but aren't exactly ambient either.
  5. Spin
    Nov 28, 2011
    60
    On Far Side Virtual, he makes a glowing, glossy album out of everyday digital detritus.
  6. The Quietus
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    Plug in and turn on, baby, surrender to its augmented charms.
  7. The Wire
    Dec 6, 2011
    80
    Far Side Virtual is a convincing evocation of the digital dreamtime. [Nov 2011, p.58]
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  8. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Nov 28, 2011
    70
    Besides adhering to his familiar sonic longings and rather than dampening the message, Far Side Virtual succeeds in exciting the collective memory of that generation now so conjoined to its technological appendages.

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