Song for Alpha
by Daniel Avery
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2018
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
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  1. joshuaoehler
    Apr 13, 2018
    9
    some tracks are soul soothing, others inspiring and energizing, all are sublime
  2. Paulo_Jorge
    Apr 8, 2018
    9
    Avery is finally starting to shape his sound, acknowledge himself a bit better and reaching his best, Song for Alpha is his best and most experimental album, perfectly balanced emotionally, simply an excellent techno / ambient work with some spices of cyberpunk influences on it.
  3. rykken
    Apr 12, 2018
    1
    This album could not be more boring. No chorus. No actual music. Just adding some new level to the music every four beats. I could make this on the Garage Band app on my mac.
  4. lulabymusic
    Jun 24, 2018
    9
    ____ For me, techno is transcendent music, in which you can get lost, as if in a mysterious labyrinth. You just close your eyes and sink. And further - you alone with yourself, sounds and pictures in your head ...
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    ____ For those who like such electronic diving, I suggest to get acquainted with "Song For Alpha"
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79
#79 Best Album of 2018

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Under The Radar
    May 8, 2018
    70
    It may be a few songs too long and it may require more brain power than your average album, but, if you are willing to put the time in, Song For Alpha rewards you with some of the nicest experimental workings of the year so far.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Apr 18, 2018
    67
    Nearly every highlight, however, feels hermetically sealed--produced in a vacuum and unable to feed into or connect with the others. It turns Song for Alpha into a catch-all for Avery’s disparate experiments, something that less resembles a fully realized album than a dynamic, robust playlist from a seasoned DJ taking a break from the road.
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  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Apr 6, 2018
    80
    Gone are the peak-time weapons that peppered Drone Logic; instead Avery teases us with tension and texture, ebbing and flowing his way to something truly hypnotic.
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