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Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The electronic artist/producer who previously worked on Coldplay's Viva La Vida releases his first album on the Domino label.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Urb
    80
    buzzes. His talent as a musician shines through in his ability to avoid having his theoretically contrasting influences sound forced together. If anything he has made them compliment each other.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    On a purely compositional level, this is dazzling and downright brilliant. But on a purely artistic level, Insides is a startling accomplishment.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    Craftsmanship sets him apart, and allows Insides to be as incredibly moving as it is and always will be. It will easily be one of the best electronic albums of 2009.
  4. PopMatters
    80
    The album succeeds in meting out these many moods in a way that’s consistently listenable, for both those who use might use Coldplay as an entry point and the cynical veterans of a consistently dynamic electronic music scene. Insides is among 2009’s very best.
  5. musicOMH.com
    80
    'Autumn Hill' is one of several tracks that will doubtless find their way onto soundtracks (Hopkins's main source of revenue), but Insides deserves to be heard as a unique and complete work of art in its own right.
  6. Q Magazine
    60
    This still shows renewed ambition, broadening the cool, Eno-inspired palette of his previous work. [Jun 2009, p.124]
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  7. AllMusic
    60
    His debut for Domino, 2009's Insides, is his first record that many people will hear and it's a promising, but flawed, debut.

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  1. samb
    Aug 16, 2009
    10
    This album is a real piece of art.
  2. Miggidy
    Nov 19, 2016
    9
    A good mix of ambient techno and shows off some instruments along the way. Good if you like ambient music or tasteful electronic music. IA good mix of ambient techno and shows off some instruments along the way. Good if you like ambient music or tasteful electronic music. I like Wire the most...… Expand
  4. BarneyR
    Jul 3, 2009
    8
    Although it's a bit greedy to put the track made for coldplay on the album, it is a pretty decent listen. Some good emotional bits in Although it's a bit greedy to put the track made for coldplay on the album, it is a pretty decent listen. Some good emotional bits in there which echo the comments about the soundtracks as above. One complaint is it doesn't really gel as a complete album. Would love to see him live though!… Expand