Levitate (Lone album)

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Levitate
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Studio album by
Released27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
Label R&S
Lone chronology
Reality Testing
(2014)
Levitate
(2016)
Ambivert Tools Volume One
(2017)

Levitate is the seventh studio album by English musician Lone, released on 27 May 2016 by R&S Records; it departs from the calm hip house style of his prior album Reality Testing for quicker, psychedelic tracks that are a hybrid of breakbeat, hardcore, and jungle. [1] It was ranked the 16th best album of 2016 by Dummy [2] and the 44th best by Mixmag . [3]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year74/100 [4]
Metacritic 72/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
DJ Mag 9/10 [7]
Exclaim! 7/10 [8]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mixmag 8/10 [10]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [11]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Resident Advisor 3.5/5 [13]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Uncut 6/10 [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Alpha Wheel" 
2."Backtail Was Heavy" 
3."The Morning Birds" 
4."Vapour Trail" 
5."Triple Helix" 
6."Breeze Out" 
7."Sleepwalkers" 
8."Sea of Tranquility" 
9."Hiraeth" 

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [15] 35
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC) [16] 16

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