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| Released | June 8, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | Starting 2013 | |||
| Studio | Linear Labs Studios, Los Angeles, California, US | |||
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| Length | 60:42 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Linear Labs | |||
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The Midnight Hour is a 2018 studio album by American musicians Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Andy Kellman writing that several tracks are stand-out and "the freer moments are almost as stimulating as the deliberately composed numbers". [1] That outlet also chose it for one of the best rhythm and blues albums of the year [2] and one of the best albums of any genre. [3] Matt Bauer of Exclaim! rated this release a 7 out of 10, for being "both intimate and expansive", creating "a perfect chillout for the woke". [4] Writing for Pitchfork Media, Brian Josephs praised "a peculiar live intimacy to the production that threads through hollowed-out kick drums and scratchy bass strings" that still upholds the "soulful aesthetic" that bridges "generational and genre gaps between black music’s multitudes". [5]
All music composed by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge.
Deluxe Edition bonus disc
"Black Beacon"
"Maré"
"It’s You"
"Questions"
"So Amazing"
"Gate 54"
"Do It Together"
"Redneph in B-Minor"
"Better Endeavor"
"Smiling for Me"
"Don’t Keep Me Waiting"
"Bitches Do Voodoo"
"Possibilities"
"Mission"
"Dans un moment d’errance"
"Love Is Free"
"Together Again"
"Feel Alive"
"There Is No Greater Love"
"Ravens"
Technical personnel
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