Levitate (Lone album)

Levitate is the seventh studio album by English musician Lone, released on 27 May 2016 by R&S Records; it departs from the calm hip house style of his prior album Reality Testing for quicker, psychedelic tracks that are a hybrid of breakbeat, hardcore, and jungle.[1] It was ranked the 16th best album of 2016 by Dummy[2] and the 44th best by Mixmag.[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year74/100[4]
Metacritic72/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
DJ Mag9/10[7]
Exclaim!7/10[8]
The Irish Times[9]
Mixmag8/10[10]
Pitchfork7.6/10[11]
PopMatters[12]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[13]
Spectrum Culture[14]
Uncut6/10[5]

Levitate
Studio album by
Released27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
LabelR&S
Lone chronology
Reality Testing
(2014)
Levitate
(2016)
Ambivert Tools Volume One
(2017)

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Alpha Wheel" 
2."Backtail Was Heavy" 
3."The Morning Birds" 
4."Vapour Trail" 
5."Triple Helix" 
6."Breeze Out" 
7."Sleepwalkers" 
8."Sea of Tranquility" 
9."Hiraeth" 

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[15] 35
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[16] 16

References

  1. "Lone — Levitate". R&S Records. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. "The 25 Best Albums of 2016". Dummy. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "The Top 50 Albums Of 2016". Mixmag. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. "Lone – Levitate". Album of the Year. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. "Levitate by Lone Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. Simpson, Paul. "Levitate – Lone". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. Martin, Felicity (June 2016). "Lone". DJ Mag. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. Keating, Daryl (27 May 2016). "Lone Levitate". Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. Carroll, Jim (30 June 2016). "Lone - Levitate album review: brilliant re-enactment of a time gone by". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. Moore, Ralph (25 May 2016). "Lone". Mixmag. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. Sherburne, Philip (7 June 2016). "Lone: Levitate". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. Stroud, Pryor (9 June 2016). "Lone: Levitate". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  13. Ryce, Andrew (7 June 2016). "Lone – Levitate". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. Bromfield, Daniel (16 June 2016). "Lone: Levitate". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  15. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  16. "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2020.


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