Cherry (Daphni album)

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Cherry
Daphni - Cherry.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)
StudioMetropolis, London, England, United Kingdom
Genre Electronic music
Length47:40
LanguageEnglish
Label Jiaolong
Producer Dan Snaith
Daphni chronology
Joli Mai
(2017)
Cherry
(2022)

Cherry is a 2022 studio album by Canadian electronic musician Dan Snaith under his stage name Daphni. It has received positive reviews from critics.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.210 (8 reviews) [1]
Metacritic 82100 (8 reviews) [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 710 [4]
Loud and Quiet 710 [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork Media 8.210 [8]
Uncut 810 [9]

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? characterize eight reviews as a 7.2 out of 10. [1] According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Cherry received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from eight critic scores. [2]

Editors at AllMusic chose this as one of the favorite electronic albums of 2022 [10] and rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing that "one of the greatest strengths of Dan Snaith's music as Daphni is its refreshing directness" and that this album "creates a new kind of tension in Daphni's music, as well as a spontaneity that seduces his audience into movement ever more cleverly". [3] Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! gave Cherry a 7 out of 10, stating that it "bursts with sugary melody made more pronounced by considered yet largely unobtrusive drum patterns" and "blossoms as a listen worth savouring as Daphni's melodious detail leads the dance". [4] Loud and Quiet 's Reef Younis also gave a 7 out of 10, calling this effort "more exploratory and experimental" than Snaith's work under the name Caribou. [5] Ben Devlin of musicOMH rated this release 3.5 out of 5 stars, complaining that some "tracks are cruel in their brevity" and writes that "the listening experience is undoubtedly good fun" in spite of "reduced quality control". [6]

Writing for NME , Sam Moore gave this album 4 out of 5 stars, praising Snaith's ability to choose different tones and moods in his music and pointing out some tracks as "fine examples of when his toned-down production approach works wonders, though he can be guilty of overindulging". [7] Editors of Pitchfork Media chose this album as Best New Music of the week and critic Philip Sherburne gave it an 8.2 out of 10, characterizing the album as a "tour de force of dancefloor intuition and emotional release, [with] no point to prove; pleasure is the chief, perhaps the only, concern". [8] In Resident Advisor , Andrew Ryce characterizes the short tracks as having "an infectious and cheery energy that's hard not to get swept up in", making music that is "vibrant and beautifully textured". [11] Jason Anderson of Uncut scored Cherry an 8 out of 10 for having "a diverse array of dance and electronic music modes". [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Snaith.

  1. "Arrow" – 3:07
  2. "Cherry" – 5:55
  3. "Always There" – 3:41
  4. "Crimson" – 2:54
  5. "Arp Blocks" – 2:09
  6. "Falling" – 1:12
  7. "Mania" – 3:36
  8. "Take Two" – 3:19
  9. "Mona" – 2:51
  10. "Clavicle" – 3:33
  11. "Cloudy" – 6:51
  12. "Karplus" – 1:48
  13. "Amber" – 3:50
  14. "Fly Away" – 2:54

Personnel

See also

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