Touching Down

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Touching Down
Touching Down album.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 October 2002
Genre Drum and bass
Label Full Cycle Records
Roni Size chronology
In the Møde
(with Reprazent)

(2000)
Touching Down
(2002)
Return to V
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 3.5/10 [3]

Touching Down is the first solo studio album by the drum and bass DJ Roni Size. [4] It was released in 2002 by Full Cycle Records. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that while "Size still rocks harder than most junglists, he rarely vaults over the genre's limitations here." [6] Billboard called it a "fluid set that moves from track to track with little or no delineation." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roni Size

No.TitleLength
1."Sound Advice"4:25
2."Forget Me Knots"4:16
3."Playtime"0:53
4."Scrambled Eggs"2:29
5."Uncensored"5:01
6."At the Movies"2:50
7."Vocoda Funk"4:15
8."Sorry for You"6:03
9."Feel the Heat"4:52
10."Siren Sounds"3:22
11."Keep Strong"2:00
12."Find Myself"1:55
13."Reel Dark One"4:57
14."Swings and Roundabouts"5:40
15."Zak Attak"4:24
16."Snapshots 3"5:25

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References

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  2. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (12 July 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 via Google Books.
  3. "Roni Size: Touching Down". Pitchfork.
  4. Cairns, Dan. "Roni Size: Touching Down" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. 1 2 Inc, Nielsen Business Media (23 November 2002). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. Inc, CMJ Network (12 November 2002). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)