| The Young Machines | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop [1] | |||
| Length | 44:28 | |||
| Label | Mush Records | |||
| Producer | Marc Bianchi | |||
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The Young Machines is a studio album by Her Space Holiday. It was released on Mush Records on September 30, 2003.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10 [4] |
| Stylus Magazine | C [5] |
| Uncut | 4/10 [6] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Young Machines received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]
Kenyon Hopkin of AllMusic praised the album's "lush IDM-powered indie pop." [2] Kilian Murphy of Stylus Magazine wrote: "An intriguing mixture of laptop-electronica and emotional indie song writing, this is engagingly quirky stuff." [5]
All tracks are written by Marc Bianchi
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Young Machines" | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Something to Do with My Hands" | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Tech Romance" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Sleepy California" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Japanese Gum" | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Meet the Pressure" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" | 4:31 |
| 8. | "The Luxury of Loneliness" | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Girl Problem" | 4:15 |
| 10. | "From South Carolina" | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 44:28 | |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 30, 2003 [7] | Mush Records | CD | MH-224 |
| UK | October 20, 2003 [7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | WEBB047CD |
| Europe | October 20, 2003 [7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | VVR1024982 |
| Japan | January 21, 2004 [7] | & Records | CD | NPPX-31 |
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