Double Figure

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Double Figure
PlaidDoubleFigure.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 May 2001 (2001-05-28) [1]
Genre IDM, electronic, techno
Length70:00
Label Warp
Producer Plaid
Plaid chronology
Rest Proof Clockwork
(1999)
Double Figure
(2001)
Spokes
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 8/10 [4]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [5]

Double Figure is the fourth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on Warp in 2001. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [6]

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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 81% based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Plaid returned in 2001 with an LP of tough machine music, closer to the melancholy beatbox style of their mid-'90s singles than the rangy, dynamic sound of 1999's Rest Proof Clockwork." [3] Malcolm Seymour III of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying: "This album features some of their best work to date, but also some of their greatest failures." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Eyen"4:20
2."Squance"5:01
3."Assault on Precinct Zero"4:28
4."Zamami"4:05
5."Silversum"4:14
6."Ooh Be Do"4:27
7."Light Rain"3:49
8."Tak 1"1:02
9."New Family"5:17
10."Zala"4:45
11."Twin Home"5:15
12."Tak 2"1:08
13."Sincetta"5:00
14."Tak 3"0:49
15."Porn Coconut Co."4:52
16."Tak 4"0:59
17."Ti Bom"4:52
18."Tak 5"0:50
19."Manyme"4:48
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
20."Fell"4:24

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 29

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References

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  3. 1 2 Bush, John. "Double Figure - Plaid". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. Paine, Andre. "Plaid : Double Figure". NME . Archived from the original on 3 June 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 Seymour III, Malcolm (29 May 2001). "Plaid: Double Figure". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 03 June 2001 - 09 June 2001". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 20 May 2018.