Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes

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Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)
Length34:52
Label Don Giovanni Records
Producer
Moor Mother chronology
The Motionless Present
(2017)
Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes
(2019)
True Opera
(2020)

Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes is the third studio album by American musician Moor Mother. It was released on November 8, 2019, under Don Giovanni Records. [1]

Contents

The first single "After Images", a collaboration with Justin Broadrick from Godflesh, was released on August 27, 2019. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 9/10 [4]
Exclaim! 6/10 [5]
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Pitchfork 7.7/10 [7]

Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82, based on 8 reviews. [3]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Clash Top 40 Albums of 2019
31
[8]
DJ Mag Top 50 Albums of 2019
26
[9]
The KeyTop 15 Albums of 2019
12
Norman RecordsTop 50 Albums of 2019
15
The Quietus Top 100 Albums of 2019
12
The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2019
4

Track listing

Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Repeater"4:34
2."Don't Die"1:57
3."After Images"2:48
4."Engineered Uncertainty"1:00
5."Master's Clock"1:19
6."Black Flight"2:49
7."The Myth Hold Weight"3:58
8."Sonic Black Holes"1:07
9."LA92"1:35
10."Shadowgrams"4:08
11."Private Silence"3:28
12."Cold Case"1:56
13."Passing of Time"4:13

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