Pinball Wanderer

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Pinball Wanderer
Andy Bell (Welsh musician) - Pinball Wanderer.jpg
Studio album by
Andy Bell
Released28 February 2025 (2025-02-28)
Length37:59
Label Sonic Cathedral
Producer Andy Bell
Andy Bell chronology
Tidal Love Numbers
(2023)		Pinball Wanderer
(2025)

Pinball Wanderer is the fifth studio album by British musician and songwriter Andy Bell. It was released on 28 February 2025 via Sonic Cathedral in LP, CD and digital formats. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 7/10 [3]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
SpillStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Writing for the Quietus , Jonathan Wright remarked, "As the circular guitar patterns of the instrumental title track give way to the synths of 'Music Concrete' and then the slight and brief but atmospheric 'The Notes You Never Hear', there's a hint the LP may be meandering too much." [5] In a four-star review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas noted it as "a collection of eight freshly minted, mostly newly written tracks," stating "the essence that Bell distills on Pinball Wanderer is one of happy exploration, indeed wandering from one creative idea to the next with very little second-guessing or restraint." [2]

Spill described it as "loads of fun with plenty of wonderfully charming experimentation and interplanetary vibes," giving it four stars. [4] Writing for MusicOMH , John Murphy assigned the album a rating of 3.5 stars and referred to it as "an album of moods and grooves rather than hooks, much of Pinball Wanderer shows just what Bell can produce when he's given a rare spotlight." [1] Rating the album seven, Clash 's Richard Bowes stated, "As a musician, Andy Bell has always channelled other-worldly atmospherics, but on Pinball Wanderer he's operating in a separate, groovy, dimension." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Bell, except "I'm in Love" (written by Barbara Gogan, Clive Timperley, David Wargill, and Richard Williams). [6]

Pinball Wanderer track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Attack"4:08
2."I'm in Love..." (with Dot Allison and Michael Rother)4:50
3."Madder Lake Deep"2:09
4."Apple Green UFO"8:21
5."Pinball Wanderer"4:33
6."Music Concrete"5:16
7."The Notes You Never Hear"1:58
8."Space Station Mantra"5:44
Total length:37:59

Note

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Murphy, John (26 February 2025). "Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer". MusicOMH . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Fred. "Pinball Wanderer – Andy Bell". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bowes, Richard (28 February 2025). "Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer". Clash . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Mastel, Joseph (28 February 2025). "Album Review: Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer". Spill. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Barry, Robert (26 February 2025). "Andy Bell – pinball wanderer". The Quietus . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 Pinball Wanderer (Media notes). Andy Bell. Sonic Cathedral. 28 February 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Breihan, Tom (9 January 2025). "Andy Bell – "I'm In Love With A German Filmstar" (The Passions Cover)". Stereogum . Retrieved 25 November 2025.
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