Plateau Vision | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 17, 2012 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 43:55 | |||
Label | Western Vinyl | |||
Producer | ||||
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Singles from Plateau Vision | ||||
Plateau Vision is a solo studio album by Lushlife. [3] It was released on Western Vinyl on April 17, 2012. [4] It includes guest appearances from Styles P, Heems, Shad, and Cities Aviv. [5] Music videos were created for "Still I Hear the Word Progress" [6] [7] and "Magnolia". [8] [9]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100 [10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
HipHopDX | 4.0/5 [11] |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10 [12] |
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Spin | 8/10 [14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [10]
Jake Paine of HipHopDX gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, saying: "The artist knows he might not fit into the musical worlds that influenced him, but he pays homage to them without sacrificing much of his own dignity." [11] Hari Ashurst of Pitchfork wrote, "there's enough of a sweet spot in the clean, backward-leaning production and offbeat samples to allow the record to distinguish itself as more than a sum of disparate parts." [12]
Rhapsody placed it at number 8 on the "Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2012" list. [15] Stereogum placed it at number 25 on the "Top 40 Rap Albums of 2012" list. [16]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Magnolia" | Lushlife | 4:47 |
2. | "Still I Hear the Word Progress" (featuring Styles P) | Lushlife | 5:18 |
3. | "The Romance of the Telescope" (featuring Andrew Cedermark) | Lushlife | 4:52 |
4. | "Big Sur" | Botany | 3:22 |
5. | "Glistening" (featuring STS) | Lushlife | 2:34 |
6. | "Gymnopedie 1.2" (featuring Shad) | Lushlife | 2:15 |
7. | "Anthem" |
| 4:26 |
8. | "Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins" (featuring Heems) | Botany | 3:50 |
9. | "She's a Buddhist, I'm a Cubist" (featuring Cities Aviv) |
| 3:28 |
10. | "Progress (Sun Glitters Reprise)" (featuring Ryat) | Lushlife | 4:33 |
11. | "Stakk Cheddar Galore, Alwyn Dias" | Lushlife | 4:30 |
Total length: | 43:55 |