We Are Reasonable People

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We Are Reasonable People
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Compilation album by
various artists
Released29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)
Genre IDM, electronic
Length59:56
Label Warp Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Music Week positive [2]

We Are Reasonable People is a compilation album released by Warp Records on 29 June 1998. The title of the album is a backronym of WARP. It reached number 14 on the UK R&B Albums Chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Music Week gave the album a positive review, writing that it would "certainly appeal to existing fans and act as a good introduction to anyone interested in the sound of the underground". [2] Brainwashed listed We Are Reasonable People as the third-best compilation album of 1998. [4] In 2013, Fact placed "Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid" at number 10 on their list of the 50 best Aphex Twin tracks. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid" Squarepusher/AFX 5:42
2."Orange Romeda" Boards of Canada 4:51
3."Hammer Without a Master" Broadcast 4:58
4."Ilasas" Plaid 4:23
5."Stop Look Listen" Autechre 7:26
6."Fishtail Parker" Nightmares on Wax 5:08
7."Wear My Bikini" Jimi Tenor 4:13
8."Plaything" Plone 4:14
9."4 Dead Monks (Original Demo)" Red Snapper 5:06
10."Umchunga Locks" Mira Calix 4:51
11."Circulation" Two Lone Swordsmen 6:53
12."A Salute to Those People Who Say Fuck You" Mark Bell 5:50

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [3] 14

References

  1. "We Are Reasonable People - Various Artists". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews - For Records out on 29 June 1998" . Music Week : 10. June 20, 1998. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 05 July 1998 - 11 July 1998". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. "1998 Year in Review". Brainwashed . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. "The 50 best Aphex Twin tracks". Fact . 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2017.