Yesterday and Today (The Field album)

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Yesterday and Today
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Studio album by
The Field
Released25 May 2009 (2009-05-25)
Genre Techno
Length60:38
Label Kompakt
Producer Axel Willner
The Field chronology
From Here We Go Sublime
(2007)		Yesterday and Today
(2009)		 Looping State of Mind
(2011)
Singles from Yesterday and Today
  1. "The More That I Do"
    Released: 24 April 2009 (2009-04-24)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10 [1]
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Now 5/5 [7]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]

Yesterday and Today is the second studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Axel Willner under his alias The Field, released by Kompakt on 26 May 2009. The follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut From Here We Go Sublime , Yesterday and Today was recorded in one week in a deserted school on a Swedish island. [13] "The More That I Do" was released as the album's lead single on 24 April 2009.

Contents

Featuring six tracks, Yesterday and Today has been described by Kompakt as "more organic than its predecessor." The album features a guest appearance by Battles drummer John Stanier on its title track, as well as a cover of The Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Axel Willner, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet" 8:00
2."Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"James Warren6:47
3."Leave It" 11:34
4."Yesterday and Today" 10:04
5."The More That I Do" 8:32
6."Sequenced" 15:41
Total length:60:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [14] 47
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [15] 15

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References

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  2. ↑ "Reviews for Yesterday And Today by The Field". Metacritic . Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Yesterday and Today – The Field". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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