Green Language (album)
| Green Language | ||||
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| Studio album by Rustie | ||||
| Released | August 25, 2014 | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Rustie | |||
| Rustie chronology | ||||
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Green Language is the second studio album by Glaswegian producer Russell Whyte under the alias Rustie.[1] The album, released on August 25, 2014, was announced with the track "Raptor" - first played by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 in June 2014.[2] It features guest appearances from D Double E, Danny Brown, Gorgeous Children, and Redinho.[3] The title of the album derives from "the language of the birds".[4]
Production
Reflecting on Glass Swords in 2014, Whyte stated that he felt that he "“went kind of quite crazy on Glass Swords" and that he was "taking the piss with kitsch sounds and over-the-top silliness."[5] Whyte stated that he wanted his next album Green Language to be different and "more serious".[5] In between the release of Glass Swords and Green Language, Whyte scrapped an entire album's worth of material that he stated "didn't feel right as an album."[5]
Release
Green Language was released on August 25, 2014.[6]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [8] |
| Clash | 6/10[9] |
| Exclaim! | (7/10)[10] |
| Fact |  [11] |
| The Guardian | [12] |
| NME | (7/10)[13] |
| Pitchfork | (7.2/10)[14] |
| Rolling Stone | [15] |
| Spin | 8/10[16] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 25 reviews.[7] The Guardian gave the album a rating of four stars out of five, calling it "an exercise in variety that pushes the boundaries of what a synth-driven album can, and should, sound like".[12] Exclaim! opined that "There are great tracks on Green Language, but a lack of consistency stops it from being a great album."[10]
Fact commented on the album in 2015 that the album "divided listeners".[17] Whyte tweeted that he felt the Green Language was "too A&Red", later explaining that his managers were "trying to push me in one way, in kind of an avant garde, arty route, then I had other people trying to get me to do big singles, the vocal stuff and all that. I was getting pulled in two directions, which I think you can tell a little bit on the album."[17]
Track listing
All tracks written by Rustie except where noted[8].
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Workship" | 2:00 | |
| 2. | "A Glimpse" | 2:15 | |
| 3. | "Raptor" | 4:14 | |
| 4. | "Paradise Stone" | 2:34 | |
| 5. | "Up Down" (featuring D Double E) | Rustie, D Double E | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Attak" (featuring Danny Brown) | Rustie, Daniel Sewell | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Tempest" | 1:43 | |
| 8. | "He Hate Me" (featuring Gorgeous Children) | 3:16 | |
| 9. | "Velcro" | Jermaine Davis, Rustie | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Lost" (featuring Redinho) | 3:21 | |
| 11. | "Dream On" | Tom Calvert, Rustie | 3:07 |
| 12. | "Lets Spiral" | Muhsinah Abdul-Karim, Rustie | 2:27 |
| 13. | "Green Language" | 1:54 | |
Total length: |
36:46 | ||
Personnel
- Rustie – engineer, producer
- Joe LaPorta - mastering
Charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] | 116 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 154 |
| US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[21] | 22 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Coultate, Aaron (June 24, 2014). "The mercurial beatmaker's second album will land on August 25th.". Resident Advisor.
- ↑ Swift, Patrick. "RUSTIE REVEALS NEW TRACK 'RAPTOR'". Mixmag. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Minsker, Evan (June 23, 2014). "Rustie Details New Album Green Language". Pitchfork Media.
- ↑ Hughes, Josiah (June 23, 2014). "Rustie Shares Details for 'Green Language' LP". Exclaim!.
- 1 2 3 Fitzmaurice, Larry (21 August 2014). "Rustie". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (21 August 2014). "Rustie". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Green Language". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Green Language - Rustie". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ Oliver, Matt (22 August 2014). "Rustie - Green Language". Clash. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- 1 2 Carlick, Stephen (22 August 2014). "Rustie Green Language". Exclaim!. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ Finlayson, Angus (26 August 2014). "Rustie Green Language". Fact. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- 1 2 Mokoena, Tshepo (21 August 2014). "Rustie: Green Language review – brilliantly varied, futuristic electronica". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ Cardew, Ben (21 August 2014). "Rustie - 'Green Language'". NME. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Sherburne, Philip (27 August 2014). "Rustie: Green Language". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (26 August 2014). "Green Language". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ Frank, Aaron (25 August 2014). "Trap Producer Rustie's Brilliant 'Green Language' Is for the Birds". Spin. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- 1 2 Lea, Tom (November 5, 2015). "Rustie releases new album EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE: stream and read our Q&A". Fact. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Green Language". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Rustie – Green Language" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "CHART: CLUK Update 6.09.2014 (wk35)". Zobbel. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "Billboard - Heatseekers Albums Chart (13.09.2014)". Prometheus Global Media. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.