Looping State of Mind
by The Field
  • Record Label: Kompakt
  • Release Date: Oct 11, 2011
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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  1. MorriBey
    Oct 24, 2011
    10
    You can always count on The Field to make a great album. But this even surpasses their previous albums. They have matured and the album appears more confident and assured. Track Arpeggiated Love is a masterpiece. In my Top 5 so far for 2011.
  2. markymark
    Oct 20, 2011
    10
    Addictive, mesmerising bliss. As good as his first and better than the second. The layers on the title track are pure euphoria. I can get lost in this for hours.
  3. DavidVRJ
    Oct 11, 2011
    10
    It has the sound you'd expect from The Field, only fuller. It's a deeper, more sensational electronic universe that I can't help but be drifted away to, even more so than the other two albums. It definitely won't leave you with a feeling of disappointment if you enjoyed the past two albums. I'd definitely say it's the best of the three. Listen to it!
  4. adeyb
    Oct 17, 2011
    9
    A strangely addictive album. Unforgivably repeatitive at times, I suppose the title says it all. But an album that must be heard to be appreciate. The opening song starts and you wonder when the change will kick in but you end up so immersed in the bouncing sound you don't realise the song has finished! One of my favourite albums of 2011.
  5. Tintent
    Nov 25, 2011
    8
    Didn't know what to expect as I listened to it as a new release on Spotify. Never heard the earlier albums. Love it. So many levels. Waves of sound layered on hypnotic beats. What a foot-tapper.

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#41 Best Album of 2011
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#68 Most Shared Album of 2011

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Mojo
    Jun 28, 2012
    60
    The warm glow that they engender is palpable, but you do wonder what may happen if The Field broke free from the constraints of the loop. [Jan 2012, p.99]
  2. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    80
    Boundless and ecstatic, this is house music at its very best. [Dec. 2001 p. 126]
  3. AllMusic
    Dec 5, 2011
    90
    As alluring and dreamlike as anything from Willner's first two full-lengths.
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