For You and I

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For You and I
For You and I.jpg
Studio album by
Loraine James
Released20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Length47:35
Label Hyperdub
Loraine James chronology
Detail
(2017)		For You and I
(2019)		Hmm
(2020)

For You and I is the second studio album by English record producer Loraine James. [1] It was released on 20 September 2019 through Hyperdub. [2] It received universal acclaim from critics. [3]

Contents

Background

For You and I is a follow-up to Loraine James' debut studio album, Detail (2017). [4] It features guest appearances from rapper Le3 Black (on "London Ting // Dark as Fuck" and "My Future") and singer Theo (on "Sensual"). [4] The album's working title was Disjointed. [5] The album's cover art features a photograph of tower blocks in Ponders End, Enfield, London, where James grew up. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 87/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , For You and I received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 from 6 critic scores. [3]

Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor commented that "The LP boils down a generation's worth of London music into a restlessly creative mix of dance music, infused with emotions both celebratory and mournful." [10] Noel Gardner of The Quietus stated, "For You and I is, predominantly, neither high-minded nor solemn: an honest-to-goodness joyous blast of unreasonably pure electronically generated melodies and spindizzy beats pulled from a great many strains of club music." [11]

Accolades

Year-end lists for For You and I
PublicationListRankRef.
DJ Mag Top 50 Albums of 2019
1
Fact The Best Albums of 2019
—
The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 2019
30
Mixmag The 50 Best Albums of the Year 2019
4
PopMatters The 70 Best Albums of 2019
51
The Quietus Quietus Albums of the Year 2019
1
Resident Advisor 2019's Best Albums
—

Track listing

For You and I track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Glitch Bitch"3:12
2."London Ting // Dark as Fuck" (featuring Le3 Black)4:42
3."So Scared"4:26
4."Hand Drops"3:19
5."Sensual" (featuring Theo)5:44
6."For You and I"5:33
7."My Future" (featuring Le3 Black)3:37
8."Scraping My Feet"4:26
9."Sick 9"2:47
10."Vowel // Consonant"6:07
11."Words Ears Mouth"3:19
Total length:47:35

References

  1. ↑ Crone, David. "Loraine James". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Reid, Mike (30 July 2019). "Loraine James announces For You And I, her first album for Hyperdub (see article for vital details!)". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "For You and I by Loraine James". Metacritic . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Posner, Nina (16 July 2019). "Loraine James to debut on Hyperdub with new album, For You And I". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (21 November 2019). "Loraine James' Fearlessly Queer Take on the Sound of London". Pitchfork . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Kim, Joshua (23 September 2019). "Loraine James Is Fearless on "For You and I"". Bandcamp Daily . Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "For You and I - Loraine James". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Hampson, Ashley (18 September 2019). "Loraine James". Exclaim! . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Kim, Hans (9 October 2019). "Loraine James' 'For You and I' Glitches and Queers the Spaces of IDM and London". PopMatters . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (10 October 2019). "Loraine James - For You And I". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Gardner, Noel (19 September 2019). "High-Rise, Low-End: For You And I By Loraine James". The Quietus . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "DJ Mag's top 50 albums of 2019". DJ Mag . 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "The best albums of 2019". Fact . 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2019 Ranked". The Line of Best Fit . 20 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of The Year 2019". Mixmag . 18 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "The 70 Best Albums of 2019". PopMatters . 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019 (In Association With Norman Records) (page 5)". The Quietus . 18 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "2019's Best Albums". Resident Advisor . 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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