Run Fast Sleep Naked
by Nick Murphy
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2019
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67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2019
    60
    Many of the early tracks feel over-packed with ideas, musical styles , thrusts of synth, bongos, spoken word and chemtrails of jazz. Later, though, when he settles into sparser ballad territory, there is a sense of him drawing into focus as an artist. [Aug 2019, p.116]
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  2. Pitchfork
    May 2, 2019
    45
    Ambitious production can’t quite cover the fact that none of the songs on Run Fast Sleep Naked have a conceptual core.

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  1. bdubz
    May 9, 2019
    3
    Built on Glass and Thinking in Textures are brilliant, but I'm not sure I'll bother listening to this one again after a few passes. I likedBuilt on Glass and Thinking in Textures are brilliant, but I'm not sure I'll bother listening to this one again after a few passes. I liked the song Sunlight, but most of it has an 80s-synth cheesiness to it that I can't get past... I was waiting for Michael McDonald or Kenny G to chime in at any moment. I thought Sanity was somewhat catchy, but it crosses a line and comes off like the song in the credits for a rom-com featuring Adam Sandler or something. Clearly Nick Murphy left something else behind when he ditched the name Chet Faker.… Full Review »
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