Noir (Blue Sky Black Death album)
Noir is a studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death. It was released by Fake Four Inc. in 2011.[1]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 26, 2011[1] | |||
| Genre | Instrumental hip hop | |||
| Length | 62:48 | |||
| Label | Fake Four Inc. | |||
| Producer | Blue Sky Black Death | |||
| Blue Sky Black Death chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Alarm | favorable[2] |
| Beats Per Minute | 81/100[3] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[4] |
| URB |   |
Critical reception
Brett Uddenberg of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a brilliant culmination of reverb-coated keys and lush string arrangements".[5] Tom Harrison of Alarm described it as "an album of hazy instrumental beats that skirt the boundary between hip hop and electronica."[2] Will Ryan of Beats Per Minute said, "they set out on another scratchy, emotionally momentous odyssey of gigantic synth melodies with a deluge of shape-shifting samples ranging from mournful vocal washes to chirping orchestral arrangements backed by stomping mid-tempo drum programming."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Our Hearts of Ruin" | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Sleeping Children Are Still Flying" | 6:00 |
| 3. | "And Stars, Ringed" | 5:10 |
| 4. | "To the Ends of the Earth" | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Farewell to the Former World" | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Falling Short" | 1:46 |
| 7. | "Gold In Gold Out" | 5:20 |
| 8. | "Where Do We Go" | 4:37 |
| 9. | "In the Quiet Absence of God" | 2:05 |
| 10. | "Where the Sun Beats" | 4:45 |
| 11. | "Starry" | 4:39 |
| 12. | "Fire for Light" | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Swords from Driftwood" | 2:46 |
| 14. | "Sky with Hand" | 6:40 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Blue Sky Black Death – instrumentation, arrangement, recording, mixing
- Raised by Wolves – additional musical contributions (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 14)
- Rob Harris – vocals (3, 4, 8)
- Shaprece Renee – vocals (7, 12)
- Alexander Chen – viola (9, 11, 12), vocals (12)
- Tim Green – artwork, layout
References
- "NOIR: Blue Sky Black Death". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- Harrison, Tom (May 16, 2011). "Beats & Rhymes: Blue Sky Black Death's Noir". Alarm. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- Ryan, Will (June 8, 2011). "Blue Sky Black Death – Noir". Beats Per Minute. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- Hogan, Marc (May 24, 2011). "Blue Sky Black Death: Noir". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- Uddenberg, Brett (May 9, 2011). "Blue Sky Black Death – NOIR". URB. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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