Come to Life (Cities Aviv album)

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Come to Life
Cities Aviv Come to Life.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2014 (2014-01-28)
Genre Experimental hip hop, Cloud rap
Length40:20
Label Young One Records
Producer Cities Aviv, Rpld Ghsts, Blackie, Alexander Odell
Cities Aviv chronology
Black Pleasure
(2012)
Come to Life
(2014)
Your Discretion Is Trust
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Colorado Daily favorable [3]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [4]
Spin 8/10 [5]

Come to Life is the first studio album by American hip hop musician Cities Aviv. [6] It was released on Young One Records on January 28, 2014. Music videos were created for "URL IRL" [7] and "Don't Ever Look Back". [8]

Contents

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Come to Life received an average score of 78% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Brandon Soderberg of Spin noted that "Burzum-esque screams tear through these noise-damaged dance-rap tracks about the pros and cons of the coming singularity." [5] David Jeffries of AllMusic described it as "an inspired, stick-to-the-bones album that offers a surprising amount of comfort, uplift, and new opportunities." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro" Cities Aviv 2:05
2."Fool"Rpld Ghsts3:42
3."Head"Cities Aviv1:39
4."URL IRL"Cities Aviv2:14
5."Dissolve"Rpld Ghsts2:44
6."CTL1" (featuring Abdu Ali)Cities Aviv1:18
7."Perpetuate the Real"Cities Aviv2:47
8."Realms"Cities Aviv2:05
9."(Self 100): Know Who You Are"Blackie3:39
10."Interlude"Cities Aviv0:50
11."Vibrations"Rpld Ghsts2:05
12."(View 180): Picture Me Gone"Alexander Odell3:29
13."Still" (featuring Bizzarh)Alexander Odell3:39
14."Worlds of Pressure"Rpld Ghsts3:27
15."Don't Ever Look Back"Cities Aviv4:37

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