Luxury Problems
by Andy Stott
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 53
  3. Negative: 3 out of 53
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  1. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 24, 2022
    7
    Deep house bass and nice vocal samples make a great atmosphere. It is a very fulfilling listen . dark, turbulent, dramatic, eerie, otherworldly dense and, most of all, brilliantly produced and performed. Alison Skidmore's vocals add even more textures and nuances to this rather uniform
  2. jotaeseche
    May 7, 2016
    9
    Oppressive, dark, turbulent, dramatic, eerie, otherworldly dense and, most of all, brilliantly produced and performed. Alison Skidmore's vocals add even more textures and nuances to this rather uniform and black-and-grey album that stands as a landmark for an artist that explodes in talent and creativity, and has finally found his voice.
  3. no1onthecorner
    Jan 10, 2013
    10
    An absolutely brilliant record. Deep house bass and nice vocal samples make a great atmosphere. It is a very fulfilling listen and leaves me feeling refreshed.
  4. mrich
    Nov 9, 2012
    10
    Oh my god I love this album. With this album came the creation of a dark and enigmatic world that I was able to get sucked into with ease. That's what I love about andy stott's music, It has the capacity to draw me into a place I didn't expect to find comfort in. When listening I honestly feel like I'm in some neo noir, intergalactic setting in the future , and I feel like I belong inOh my god I love this album. With this album came the creation of a dark and enigmatic world that I was able to get sucked into with ease. That's what I love about andy stott's music, It has the capacity to draw me into a place I didn't expect to find comfort in. When listening I honestly feel like I'm in some neo noir, intergalactic setting in the future , and I feel like I belong in that setting whenever I listen.… Expand

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#19 Best Album of 2012

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Austin Chronicle
    May 30, 2013
    89
    What a sublime hush of an album. Your iPhone dreams about this music.
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  2. PopMatters
    Dec 14, 2012
    90
    Never before has the producer been as sharp (or as murky) at the boards as he is here, seamlessly tuning long-winded drones with slavedriver clangs into hypnotic locked grooves.
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  3. Uncut
    Dec 11, 2012
    80
    Luxury Problems is distinguished by the piercing vocals of Stott's former piano teacher, Alison Skidmore; looped, layered and heavily reverbed, they coil elegantly around Stott's brutalist constructions. [Jan 2013, p.83]
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