Product (Sophie album)
Product is the debut compilation by Scottish electronic music producer Sophie. It was released by Numbers on 27 November 2015.[2] The 8 tracks on Product appeared as singles released from 2013 to 2015. The album was made available in "silicon bubble cases", and its release coincides with the launch of a line of apparel and a "silicon product" resembling a sex toy.[3]
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Released | 27 November 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2011–2015 | |||
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Length | 25:26 | |||
Label | Numbers | |||
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On 25 September 2019, Numbers announced that the album was being re-released in limited quantities in its original format of four vinyl singles, each in a PVC case.[4]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10[5] |
Metacritic | 74/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[8] |
The Guardian | [9] |
The Irish Times | [10] |
The Observer | [11] |
Pitchfork | 6.6/10[12] |
Q | [13] |
Resident Advisor | 4.6/5[14] |
Spin | 9/10[15] |
Vice | A−[16] |
Product received positive reviews, The review aggregator website Metacritic gave the album an average score of 74 out of 100, which indicates "generally favourable reviews".[6] Exclaim! senior editor Stephen Carlick called the record "a snapshot of an exciting artist whose tightrope walk between sweet and scary, pop and avant-garde, has yielded some of the best singles of the past few years."[8] The Observer described the album as "disruptive, a sound pushing the limits of what constitutes pop and what is just an annoying noise you are inexplicably paying money for."[11] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Product blurs the traditional subject/object power relationship of pop music, bending desire as easily as it bends waveforms," and called it "one of the more mischievous music objects under the current atmosphere."[17]
MP3 blog Gorilla vs. Bear listed the album as their 12th best album of 2015.[18]
Track listing
All tracks and the album name are stylized in uppercase.[19]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bipp" | 3:00 |
2. | "Elle" | 3:44 |
3. | "Lemonade" | 1:58 |
4. | "Hard" | 2:54 |
5. | "Msmsmsm" | 3:35 |
6. | "Vyzee" | 3:22 |
7. | "L.O.V.E." | 3:38 |
8. | "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye" | 3:08 |
Total length: | 25:26 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Unisil" | 2:06 |
Total length: | 27:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Get Higher" | 3:00 |
Total length: | 28:26 |
Charts
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] | 23 |
References
- "Unisil - Single by SOPHIE on Apple Music". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- Carley, Brennan (29 September 2015). "Sophie Announces New Collection, 'Product,' Out on November 27". Spin. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- Gordon, Jeremy (29 September 2015). "Sophie Releasing Singles Collection With "Silicon Product" (That Sure Looks Like a Sex Toy)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- "Numbers. SOPHIE - PRODUCT REPRESSES". nmbrs.net. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- "Product by Sophie reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- "Reviews for Product by Sophie". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Phares, Heather. "Product – Sophie". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Carlick, Stephen (25 November 2015). "Sophie: Product". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Petridis, Alexis (26 November 2015). "Sophie: Product review – forehead-slappingly obvious pop provocations from PC Music affiliate". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Carroll, Jim (20 November 2015). "Sophie: Product – Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Empire, Kitty (29 November 2015). "Sophie: Product review – digital pop divorced from the analogue world". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Richardson, Mark (2 December 2015). "Sophie: Product". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Sophie: Product". Q (355): 118. February 2016.
- Fallon, Patric (1 December 2015). "Sophie – Product". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Weiss, Dan (23 November 2015). "Review: Sophie Rebuilds Pop in His Own Mysterious Image on 'Product'". Spin. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Christgau, Robert (26 December 2015). "Grimes Embodies Hyperfeminism Individualism for a Post-Rock Mindset". Vice. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Geffen, Sasha (1 December 2015). "Sophie – Product". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ChrisChris (December 2015). "GORILLA VS. BEAR'S ALBUMS OF 2015". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- PRODUCT, 27 November 2015, retrieved 1 June 2023
- "Sophie (42) – Product (BRC-493)". Discogs. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Sophie Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2016.