| Reality Testing | ||||
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| Released | 16 June 2014 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, instrumental hip hop, house | |||
| Label | R&S | |||
| Producer | Matt Cutler | |||
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Reality Testing is the sixth album by English electronic musician Lone. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2014 by R&S Records. [1]
Reality Testing focuses on "dusty hip-hop grooves of auteurs like J Dilla and Madlib". [2] A review in Pitchfork referred to the album as "Largely abandoning rave’s warp-speed tempos and sensual overload" of Galaxy Garden . [2]
The album was released on R&S Records on 16 June 2014 on vinyl record and compact disc. [1]
Also reissued by R&S Records on 7 December 2018 as a limited edition of 300, pressed on Clear Vinyl [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [4] |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| DIY | [7] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10 [8] |
| Fact | 4/5 [9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| Mixmag | 5/5 [11] |
| NME | 8/10 [12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [2] |
| Q | [13] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.0/5 [14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 17 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]
Pitchfork stated that "Reality Testing is Cutler’s easiest listen—you can imagine this music playing over coffee shop speakers as much as you could put a rapper on top of it—and as such it may seem less innovative when placed up against his previous two full-lengths." [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "First Born Seconds" | 1:55 |
| 2. | "Restless City" | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Meeker Warm Energy" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Aurora Northern Quarter" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "2 Is 8" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Airglow Fires" | 6:02 |
| 7. | "Coincidences" | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Begin to Begin" | 5:35 |
| 9. | "Jaded" | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Vengeance Video" | 5:19 |
| 11. | "Stuck" | 2:39 |
| 12. | "Cutched Under" | 6:10 |
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 99 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 137 |
| UK Dance Albums (OCC) [17] | 20 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] | 21 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] | 50 |
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