Early Riser (album)

Early Riser
Studio album by Taylor McFerrin
Released June 2, 2014
Genre Electronica, Soul jazz[1]
Length 41:17[2]
Label Brainfeeder
Producer Taylor McFerrin
Singles from Early Riser
  1. "Place In My Heart"
    Released: February 28, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
the AU review8.4/10[1]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[5]
The 405[6]

Early Riser is the debut studio album released by Taylor McFerrin on June 2, 2014 through Brainfeeder. The album took nearly six years to complete.[7] McFerrin intended to sing on the entire record before realizing that it was not always necessary for him to sing over his music.[8][9]

Working on an album over a couple of years, you go through this stage of loving a song and then hating a song, then sometimes you need the space to listen back to it and realize that it was really dope after all.

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— Taylor McFerrin, The Village Voice[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Postpartum"   3:58
2. "Degrees of Light"   2:48
3. "The Antidote" (feat. Nai Palm) 3:05
4. "Florasia"   4:16
5. "4 am"   0:40
6. "Stepps"   5:00
7. "Already There" (feat. Robert Glasper & Thundercat) 2:59
8. "Decisions" (feat. Emily King) 3:14
9. "Blind Aesthetics"   1:09
10. "Place In My Heart" (feat. RYAT) 4:56
11. "Invisible/Visible" (feat. Bobby McFerrin & César Camargo Mariano) 4:23
12. "PLS DNT LSTN"   4:49

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 150

References

  1. 1 2 Amin, Dina (18 June 2014). "Album Review: Taylor Mcferrin - Early Riser (2014 LP)". the AU review. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Early Riser - Taylor McFerrin". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Early Riser Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser". Exclaim.ca. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Pagnani, Renato (5 June 2014). "Taylor McFerrin: Early Riser". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser". The 405. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  7. 1 2 Mlynar, Phillip. "Taylor McFerrin on Working With His Dad (Yep...Bobby)". Village Voice. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Weiner, Natalie. "Exclusive Interview: Taylor McFerrin’s ‘Early Riser’". Revive Music. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "The 405 meets Taylor McFerrin". 18 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser" (in Japanese). BEATINK. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.


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