Bespoke (album)

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Bespoke
Bespoke Front Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
Genre Electronic
Length41:35
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Daedelus, Poirier
Daedelus chronology
Love to Make Music To
(2008)
Bespoke
(2011)
Drown Out
(2013)
Singles from Bespoke
  1. "Tailor-Made"
    Released: 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC favorable [3]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [4]
Resident Advisor 3.0/5 [5]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
XLR8R 6/10 [7]

Bespoke is a studio album by American electronic music producer Daedelus. It was released on Ninja Tune in 2011.

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, calling it Daedelus' "first truly decent-sounding album". [4] He added: "The whole thing is an enjoyable mess, and when this record is really cooking, listening to it has the pleasurable effect of someone messing with a radio dial." [4] Bram Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Musical ideas crash and break against each other in a seamless, organic way, always with a sense of playful wonder." [6] Mike Diver of BBC called it "another fantastically enjoyable album from an artist whose modus operandi, above anything else, seems to be ensuring his audience is having the best possible time." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tailor-Made" (featuring Milosh)4:40
2."Sew, Darn, Mend"4:15
3."Penny Loafers" (featuring Inara George)4:25
4."One and Lonely" (featuring Young Dad)4:16
5."Suit Yourself"3:35
6."What Can You Do?" (featuring Busdriver)2:53
7."French Cuffs" (featuring Baths)3:40
8."In Tatters" (featuring Kelela Mizanekristos)3:17
9."Slowercase D"6:15
10."Overwhelmed" (featuring Bilal)3:38
11."Nightcap"0:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bespoke by Daedelus". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. Brown, Marisa. "Bespoke - Daedelus". AllMusic . Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Diver, Mike (2011). "Daedelus - Bespoke - Review". BBC . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Fitzmaurice, Larry (April 18, 2011). "Daedelus: Bespoke". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  5. Clarke, Paul (April 15, 2011). "Daedelus - Bespoke". Resident Advisor . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Gieben, Bram (March 24, 2011). "Daedelus - Bespoke". The Skinny . Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  7. Macdonald, Cameron (April 27, 2011). "Daedelus: Bespoke". XLR8R . Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

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