Someday World

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Someday World
Someday World cover.jpg
Studio album by
EnoHyde
Released5 May 2014 (2014-05-05)
Genre Electronic music
Length44:23
Label Warp
Producer Brian Eno, FRED
Brian Eno chronology
Lux
(2012)
Someday World
(2014)
High Life
(2014)

It was Eno's first album since Lux in 2012 and his first collaboration album since Drums Between the Bells with Rick Holland in 2011. It is also Hyde's second album after Edgeland in 2013, which Eno contributed a remix to. [2] Eno previously worked with Karl Hyde in 2009 as part of Pure Scenius, [3] and in 2011 collaborated with Underworld on the track "Beebop Hurry".

Reception

Someday World has received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 62, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound C− [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin 7/10 [14]

Track listing

  1. "The Satellites" – 5:33
  2. "Daddy's Car" – 4:50
  3. "A Man Wakes Up" – 4:17
  4. "Witness" – 5:06
  5. "Strip It Down" – 4:43
  6. "Mother of a Dog" – 5:37
  7. "Who Rings the Bell" – 5:05
  8. "When I Built This World" – 5:44
  9. "To Us All" – 3:28
Special Edition 2CD Disc 2
  1. "Big Band Song"
  2. "Brazil 3"
  3. "Celebration"
  4. "Titian Bekh"

Personnel

Additional musicians and production staff

Chart positions

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 105
German Albums (Official Top 100) [17] 86
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 46
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 7
US Billboard 200 [20] 194
US Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [21] 6
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [22] 33
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [23] 50

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