Dark Red (album)

Dark Red
Studio album by Shlohmo
Released April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)
Genre Electronic
Length 58:24
Label True Panther Sounds
Producer Shlohmo
Shlohmo chronology
Bad Vibes
(2011)
Dark Red
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundB-[3]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
HipHopDX[5]
Pitchfork Media5.9/10[6]
Resident Advisor2.7/5[7]

Dark Red is the second studio album by American electronic musician Shlohmo. It was released on True Panther Sounds on April 7, 2015.[3]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Dark Red received an average score of 69% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "The resulting album successfully fleshes out Shlohmo's previous sound into his most accomplished work so far, and ultimately manages to find hope in darkness."[2] Sheldon Pearce of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of B-, calling it "a violently loud, dizzying articulation of grief and loss."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Ten Days of Falling"   4:46
2. "Meet Ur Maker"   5:23
3. "Buried"   6:55
4. "Emerge from Smoke"   4:43
5. "Slow Descent"   6:20
6. "Apathy" (featuring D33J) 5:25
7. "Relentless"   5:14
8. "Ditch"   4:41
9. "Remains"   3:28
10. "Fading"   6:08
11. "Beams"   5:23

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Top Dance/Electronic Albums[8] 10
Heatseekers Albums[9] 20

References

  1. 1 2 "Dark Red by Shlohmo". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Shlohmo - Dark Red". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Pearce, Sheldon (March 30, 2015). "Shlohmo – Dark Red". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. Carlick, Stephen (April 6, 2015). "Shlohmo: Dark Red". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  5. Dowling, Marcus (April 28, 2015). "Shlohmo - Dark Red". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  6. Bromwich, Jonah (April 7, 2015). "Shlohmo: Dark Red". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  7. Taylor, Hugh (April 23, 2015). "Shlohmo - Dark Red". Resident Advisor. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  8. "Shlohmo - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  9. "Shlohmo - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2016.

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